law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  61. Owner of copyright to be party to the
  
  proceeding – 
  (1) In every civil suit or other proceeding
  
  regarding infringement of copyright instituted by an exclusive licensee, the
  
  owner of the copyright shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be made a
  
  defendant and where such owner is made a defendant, he shall have the right to
  
  dispute the claim of the exclusive licensee.
  (2) Where any civil suit or other proceeding
  
  regarding infringement of copyright instituted by an exclusive licensee is
  
  successful, no fresh suit or other proceeding in respect of the same cause of
  
  action shall lie at the instance of the owner of the copyright.