New Delhi may fall short of venues to celebrate and welcome the New Year this time around as the Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL) has served notices to many well known hotels and pubs.

These legal notices have been issued to venues that have not paid the requisite music license fee to play music at their year-end events.

PPL said in a statement that it plans to initiate strict legal action against defaulters in case the license fee does not get paid ahead of their planned events.

An interim injunction by the Delhi High Court bars Radisson Blu Hotel, Paschim Vihar, Hype at Shangri-La Hotel, QBA, Sheraton Hotel, Hilton Hotel, Double Tree Hilton, ChalChitra, Crowne Plaza, Wyndham Hotel, Club Sirocco, Nautica, Play Lounge Bar, 3 Stories, The Glassy Junction, Hang Out, Club Headquarters, Pritampura, bars them from playing recorded music, without first paying music license.