Is Registration Of A Work With The Copyright Office Necessary?

A. Introduction

Imagine this- You have a cinephile with an aspiration to start your own film production house. Having that goal in mind you draft and complete the story, script and title of your first film, about to begin the next steps. After a year investing a lot of time, money and other resources, you are informed about a film having near identical script and title to your proposed film is made and released by Mr. X. During proceedings in a suit instituted by you, a defense is taken by Mr. X that your proposed film is not registered.

Is registration of a work with the Copyright Office necessary or mandatory under the law in India? Let us look at a certain key judgments where this question has been decided.