Suit filed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. for permanent injunction restraining multiple defendants from infringing copyright in the cinematographic film 'Joram' was withdrawn by the plaintiff and dismissed.
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C.S. (Comm. Div.) No.300 of 2023
THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 26.02.2024
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., Rep by its Power Agent Mr. Akshay Mahadik .... Plaintiff Vs 1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001.
2. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 5th Floor, Mahanagar Door Sanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003.
3. Bharti Airtel Limited Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi – 110 070.
4. Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited, 05/806, 8 th Floor, Windsor Off. CST Road, Kalina Santacruz (East) Mumbai- 400 098.
5.Tata Communication Limited Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road Fort Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 001.
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6. Vodafone India Limited, Suman Tower, Plot No. 18, Sector-11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 011.
7. Idea Cellular Limited, Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector 11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382 011.
8. Tata Teleservices Ltd, 10th Floor, Tower I, Jeevan Bharati, 124 Connaught Circus New Delhi 110 001.
9. GTPL Hathway Ltd. 202, 2 nd Floor, Sahajanand Shopping Centre, Opp Swaminarayan Temple, Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad-380 004.
10. Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, Office 3A, 3rd Floor, LBS Marg, Bhandup(West), Mumbai- 400 078.
11. BG Broadband India Private Limited, Plot No 54, Marol Industrial Cooperative Area, Off. Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 059.
12. Sify Technologies Limited, 2nd Floor, 'TIDEL PARK' No.4, Canal Bank Road, Chennai - 600 113.
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13. Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd B-10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area, New Delhi North West DL 110033 IN
14. You Broadband & Cable India Ltd, 2nd and 3 rd Floor, IQARA Centre, Near Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan-Hazaria Road, Surat-395 009.
15. Asianet Satellite Communications, 2A, Il floor, Leela Infopark, Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695 581.
16. Data Infosys Limited, Station Road, Durgapura, Jaipur 302 018.
17. Readylink internet Services Limited, Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakhthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore 641 006.
18. Nettlinx Limited, 5-9-22, 3 rd floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500 004.
19. City Online Services Limited, 701, 7 th Floor, Aditya Trade Center, Ameerpet, Hyderabad-500 038.
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20. Pioneer eLabs Limited, Pioneer Towers, 17 th Floor, Plot No. 16, Survey No.64, Software Unit Layout, APIIk, i-Tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad : 500 080.
21. AT&T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd., 13th floor,1305-06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi – 110 001.
22. Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Flat No.A3, 3 rd Floor, office block, Samart Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500 004.
23.Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 9th Floor, Maker Chambers IV, 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021.
24. Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor #156, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010.
25. RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor, Old #156, New #205, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai 600010.
26. Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd. Plot No. 21-22, 3 rd Floor Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon-122 015.
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27. Essel Shyam Communications Ltd. 1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11 th Floor, 89, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 India
28. Five Network Solution (1) Ltd. 22/2, Plot No 275-B Gurunanak School Compound, Sion (West), Mumbai 400022, India.
29. Atria Convergence Technologies Limited No. 17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street New Colony, T.Nagar, Chennai- 600017.
30. Action Lane No 16, No 1A Kalpana Apartments, 1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board Adyar, Chennai-600020.
31. Jak Communications Pvt Ltd No 4 J Block, Near 6 th Avenue, Anna Nagar East, Chennai-600102,
32. C32 Cable Net Pvt.Ltd. old No. 284, New No. 204, Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah Chennai-600 014.
33. Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd No.9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop, Chetpet, Chennai-600 031. ... Defendants
Prayer : PLAINT FILED UNDER ORDER VII RULE I OF CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 AND ORDER IV RULE 1 OF O.S. RULES, 1956 READ WITH SECTIONS 51, 52, 55 AND 62 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 and THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012 AND SECTION 7 OF THE
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COMMERCIAL COURTS, ACT 2015 - SUIT FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION FOR THE INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT to grant a judgment and decree on the following terms :
a. A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film "Joram" and said Work be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those Non-Compliant websites mentioned in Schedule-A hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff copyright protected cinematographic film "Joram" 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/webpages in writing:
b. A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 30-33 or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film "Joram" by themselves, their partners/proprietor/Power Agents, heirs, representatives, successors in business, assigns, distributors, agents, servants or anyone claiming through them or under them from infringing the Plaintiff copyrighted cinematographic film "Joram" by copying, recording, reproducing or allowing Cam cording or allowing others to transmit, communicate or make available or distributing or duplicating or displaying or releasing or showing or uploading or downloading exhibiting or playing and/or in any manner whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film "Joram" and said Work without a proper license from the Plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate / infringe the Plaintiff copyrighted cinematographic film "Joram" through different mediums including but not limited to CD, DVD, Bluray 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;
c. for costs of the suit.
For Plaintiff : Mr.T. Pandiyan
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JUDGEMENT
The learned counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this Court
to withdraw this suit. He has made an endorsement to that effect in the Court bundle. Accordingly, the suit is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs.
26.02.2024 Index: Yes/ No Speaking order / Non speaking order Neutral citation : Yes / No vsi2
ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., Rep by its Power Agent Mr. Akshay Mahadik
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
Bharti Airtel Limited
Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited
Tata Communication Limited
Abdul Quddhose
As recorded by the court registry
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