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Studio Green Films Pvt. Ltd, Represented by its Director,Mr K E Gnanavel Raja v. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited

Madras HC27 Nov 2025A/5940/2025

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Madras High Court, Commercial Division, leave-to-sue application (Clause 12 Letters Patent; Order XIV Rule 8 and Order III Rule 1 Original Side Rules) by Studio Green Films Pvt. Ltd. against ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited and Pen India Limited; leave granted on the ground that part of the cause of action arose within the Court's jurisdiction; Assignment Agreement dated 22.05.2023 with exclusive Chennai jurisdiction clause; suit to be numbered and listed for admission on 28.11.2025.

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Leave granted to the applicant to sue the respondents before this Court; Registry directed to number the suit, if otherwise in order, and list it on 28.11.2025 for admission. ¶23

Studio Green Films Pvt. Ltd, Represented by its Director,Mr K E Gnanavel Raja Vs Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 27.11.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N. SENTHILKUMAR

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A.No.5940 of 2025 in C.S.(Comm.Div.) SR.No.195604 of 2025

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Studio Green Films Pvt. Ltd., Represented by its Director, Mr.K.E.Gnanavel Raja, No.23, Astalakshmi Nagar, 10th street, Alapakkam, Chennai-600 116.

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... Applicant/Plaintiff

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-vs-

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ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited, Represented by its Authorised Signatory, Mr.Siju Prabhakaran, No.33B, Olympia Platina, 2nd floor, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Chennai-600 032.

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2.Pen India Limited, 1101, B Wing, Fortune Terraces, Opp.City Mall & PVR ECX, New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai-400 053.

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... Respondents/Defendants

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Prayer: Application is filed under Order XIV Rule 8 and Order III Rule 1 of

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Prayer: Application is filed under Order XIV Rule 8 and Order III Rule 1 of Original Side Rules Read With Clause 12 of Letters Patent, High Court, Madras, to grant an order of leave to sue against the respondents before this Court .

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For Applicant : Mr.Vijayan Subramanian

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ORDER

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By this application, the intending plaintiff seeks leave to sue the

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respondents before this Court. In the draft plaint and affidavit in support of

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this application, it is stated that the first defendant's office is located in Chennai. In clause 10 of the Assignment Agreement dated 22.05.2023, which was entered into between the plaintiff and the 1st defendant, it is stated under the head ''Governing Law and Jurisdiction", the Courts at Chennai only have the exclusive jurisdiction.

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Upon considering the averments in the draft plaint and the affidavit,

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it appears that a part of the cause of action has arisen within the jurisdiction

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of this Court. Therefore, this application is allowed by granting leave to the

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applicant to sue the respondents before this Court. Consequently, the

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Registry is directed to number the suit, if it is otherwise in order and list the

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same on 28.11.2025 for admission.

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27.11.2025

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N. SENTHILKUMAR,J.

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A.No.5940 of 2025 in C.S.(Comm.Div.) SR.No.195604 of 2025

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27.11.2025

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Studio Green Films Pvt. Ltd, Represented by its Director,Mr K E Gnanavel Raja v. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited

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