Mannu Bhandari v. Kala Vikas Motion Pictures Ltd (AIR 1987 Delhi 13) is a landmark case in the area of Indian copyright law.
The defendant produced a motion picture titled Samay Ki Dhara based on plaintiff's novel Aap Ka Bunty.
Though the parties in the case reached a settlement before the judgment was delivered by the Court, the parties requested the Court to deliver its judgment, as the scope of protection of moral rights in India had not yet been clarified by the higher judiciary in India.
Civil law countries like France and Germany give high importance to moral rights protection.
Section 106-A does not extend to a host of works such as films that are protected under European moral rights regime.