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Reliance Industries Limited v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and 33 others
Madras HCC.S(COMM DIV)/157/2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED :06.08.2025
CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S.(Comm.Div)No.157 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.627 & 628 of 2025
Reliance Industries Limited
Jio Studios (the Media and Entertainment Division of Reliance Industries Limited)
Registered Address: 3rd Floor, Maker Chambers IV, 222 Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021.
Branch Address: A1 Tower, 5th Floor, No.89, Dr. Radha Krishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai 600004.
Rep. by its Power Agent Ms.Dipti Kishan Kotak
.. Plaintiff
vs.
2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., 5th Floor, Mahanagar Door Sanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, LodhiRoad, New Delhi-110003.
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Prayer : Plaint is filed under Order VII Rule 1 of the CPC, 1908 Read With Order IV Rule 1 of the High Court Original Side 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 Commercial Courts Act, 2015, praying to grant a judgment and decree on the following terms:-
(a) A permanent injunction restraining defendants 1 to 29 or any other person or such other websites which are discovered by the plaintiff after the release of the movie infringing the cinematographic film “MAA” 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 the Plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film “MAA” in any manner, thereby restraining the Page 5 of 8
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 Defendants 30 to 33 or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film “MAA” 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 “MAA” 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 “MAA” 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 “MAA” 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.
(c) For costs of the suit.
For Plaintiff : Mr.S.Deepak for M/s.P.K.Law Firm
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For D33 : Mr.R.Babu
JUDGMENT
Learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that he has been instructed to withdraw the suit. He has made an endorsement for the said purpose. Therefore, C.S.(Comm.Div)No.157 of 2025 is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, connected O.A.Nos.627 & 628 of 2025 stand closed.
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Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No Neutral Citation: Yes / No
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SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J.
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To
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001.
C.S.(Comm.Div)No.157 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.627 & 628 of 2025
06.08.2025
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.
Bharti Airtel Limited
Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited
Tata Communication Limited
SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
As recorded by the court registry
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