Plaintiff filed suit seeking permanent injunction against film piracy on Defendants' platforms for movie 'MUNJYA'. Plaintiff subsequently withdrew the suit via endorsement. Court withdrew suit as withdrawn.
Suit dismissed as withdrawn; no order as to costs. Other pending applications closed.
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C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.102 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 19.08.2024
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.102 of 2024 and O.A.Nos.385 & 386 of 2024
Maddock Films Private Limited 163, Central Avenue, Santacruz West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 054 Also having their branch office at No.2, Club House Road, Chennai 600 002 Rep. By its Authorised Signatory Ms.Nandini Kumar ... Plaintiff
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05/806, 8th Floor, Windsor Off. CST Road, Kalina Santacruz (East) Mumbai 400 098.
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Off. Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 059.
5-9-22, 3rd Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500004.
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20.PIONEER eLABS LIMITED
Pioneer Towers, 17th Floor, Plot No.16, Survey No.64, Software Unit Layout, APIIk, i-Tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad 500 080.
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1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor, 89, Nehru Place New Delhi - 110 019 India.
PRAYER : Civil Suit (Commercial Division) filed under Order VII
Rule 1 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 And Order IV Rule 1 of O.S.Rules,
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1956 Read With Sections 51, 52, 55 and 62 of the Copyrights Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, praying to the judgment and decree:-
(a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 from infringing the cinematographic film “MUNJYA” and said Work be directed to block all websites / web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those Non-Complaint websites mentioned in Schedule-A hosting contents that relate to plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film “MUNJYA” in any manner, thereby restraining the unauthorised copying, transmission, communication or make available or display or release or show or upload or download or exhibit or play and / or in any manner
communicate in and / or through their services immediate of receipt of details of such infringing websites / web pages in writing;
(b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 30 – 33
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or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film “MUNJYA” by themselves, their partners / proprietor / directors, heirs, representatives, successors in business, assigns, distributors, agents, servants or anyone claiming through them or under them from infringing the plaintiff's copyrighted cinematographic film “MUNJYA” by copying, recording, reproducing or allowing camcording or allowing others to transmit, communicate or make available or distributing or duplicating or displaying or releasing or showing or uploading or downloading or exhibiting or playing and / or in any manner whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film “MUNJYA” and said Work without a proper license from the Plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate / infringe the plaintiff's copyrighted cinematographic film “MUNJYA” through different mediums including but not limited to CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc, VCD, Cable TV, Direct to home services, Internet services, multimedia messaging services, pen drives, hard drives, tapes, DAS, satellite, Conditional Access Systems or in any other medium / manner whatsoever;
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(c) For costs of the suit.
For Plaintiff : Mr.T.Pandian for M/s.P.K.Law Firm
JUDGMENT
Learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that he has been instructed to withdraw the suit. He has made an endorsement for withdrawal.
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rna Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No Neutral Citation: Yes / No
SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J
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Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
As recorded by the court registry
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