Delhi High Court restrains unauthorised use of ‘Bachpan Ka Pyar’ song, hook line

The Delhi High Court has restrained several YouTube channels and unknown entities from using the song Bachpan Ka Pyar and its popular hook line “jaane meri janeman bachpan ka pyar bhool nahi jaana re” without authorisation. (Ivy Entertainment Vs Rahul Singh).Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the interim order on May 15 in a copyright infringement suit filed by Ivy Entertainment Private Limited. The Court found that Ivy had made out a prima facie case that copyright in the song and its underlying works subsisted in its favour..The suit concerns the Gujarati song originally created in 2017. Ivy claimed that the lyrics were written by PP Baryia, the music was composed by Mayur Nadiya and the song was sung by Kamlesh Barot. The rights were later assigned to Meshwa Electronics. The song was released by Meshwa on YouTube on May 12, 2017..According to Ivy, Meshwa granted an adaptation and synchronisation licence to Universal Music Media India in July 2021. An adapted version was then performed by Sehdev Dirdo and rapper Badshah, and released on YouTube in August 2021. Ivy said Meshwa was credited as the original label and the original creators were credited as lyricist, composer and singer.Ivy claimed that it acquired all intellectual property rights in a portfolio of musical and audio-visual works, including the Bachpan Ka Pyar song, through an Intellectual Property Rights Acquisition Agreement dated November 7, 2025. It also issued a public notice in Complete Cinema informing the public of its acquisition of the YouTube channel and 1,250 songs..The plaintiff alleged that around April 2026, it discovered that the hook line, rhythm, tone and other lyrics of the song were being used without authorisation across various YouTube channels. It placed before the Court a table listing allegedly infringing videos, some of which had garnered lakhs and even crores of views..After considering the material, the Court held that an ex-parte ad-interim injunction was warranted.“The plaintiff has been able to establish, prima facie, its intellectual property rights over the subject suit song,” the Court said.The Court also observed that every time the defendants or unknown entities infringed the plaintiff’s copyright, they earned unlawful financial gains and unjustly enriched themselves. This, the Court said, impacted Ivy’s revenues and appeared to cause substantial financial loss..Accordingly, the Court restrained Rahul Singh, other named defendants and unknown Ashok Kumar/John Doe entities from infringing Ivy’s intellectual property rights in the song Bachpan Ka Pyar, including by using the hook line or distributing the song to any unauthorised third party.The Court also directed the defendants to disclose all revenue generated from exploitation of any part of the song on their YouTube channels.The matter will next be listed before the Joint Registrar on August 10 for completion of service and pleadings. It will come up before the Court on October 21.Advocates Amit George, Paresh B Lal, Dhiraj Mhetre, Shivani Sharma, Nikhil Singh, Dushyant Kaul and Rupam Jha appeared for Ivy Entertainment. .Advocates Mamta Rani Jha, Rohan Ahuja, Shruttima Ehersa, Sanya Sehgal and Aiswarya Debadarshini appeared for YouTube..[Read Order]