Sri Lanka, April 1 -- In a significant ruling affirming the rights of authors and creators, and reinforcing the legal protections afforded under Sri Lankan law, the Supreme Court has ordered Torana Music Distributors (Pvt.) Ltd. to pay Rs. 1 million in damages to veteran artist Lucian Bulathsinhala for infringing his economic rights in the lyrics of the song 'Pinibara Yame'.

Delivering the judgement, a three-judge bench comprising Justices A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Kumudini Wickremasinghe and Shiran Gooneratne dismissed an appeal filed by Torana Music, thereby affirming the earlier ruling of the Colombo Commercial High Court.

The apex court held that Torana Music had violated the economic rights of Bulathsinhala, the author of the lyrics, rejecti...