Copyright Act, 1957
62. Jurisdiction of court over matters arising
under this Chapter –
(1) Every suit or other civil proceeding
arising under this Chapter in respect of the infringement of copyright in any
work or the infringement of any other right conferred by this Act shall be
instituted in the district court having jurisdiction.
(2) For the purpose of sub section (1), a
"district court having jurisdiction " shall notwithstanding anything
contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or any other law
for the time being in force, include a district court within the local limits
of whose jurisdiction , at the time of the institution of the suit or other
proceeding, the person instituting the suit or other proceeding or, where there
are more than one such persons, any of them actually and voluntarily resides or
carries on business or personally works for gain.