The plaintiff withdrew the suit filed for permanent injunction regarding copyright infringement of the show Black Warrant. The court dismissed the suit as withdrawn.
Suit dismissed as withdrawn without order as to costs; related original applications closed.
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C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.8 of 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 19.02.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.8 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.16 & 17 of 2025
Applause Entertainment Private Limited 37, G-3, TT Krishnamachari Rd., CIT Colony, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018 Rep. by its Authorised Signatory Mr.Devendra Bhandari ... Plaintiff
-vs-
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5th Floor, Spencer Plaza, 769, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002.
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Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad - 380004.
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Station Road, Durgapura, Jaipur 30.
19.Readylink internet Services Limited, Galaxy, Plot no.7, Sakhthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore - 641 006.
20.Opto Network Private Limited, B-86, Sector - 14, Noida - 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India.
5-9-22, 3rd floor,
My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004.
23.Pioneer eLabs Limited, Pioneer Towers, 7th Floor, Plot No.16, Survey No.64, Software Unit Layout, APIIK, i-Tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad: 500 080.
24.AT & T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd., 13th floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg,
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New Delhi - 110 001.
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Tamil Nadu.
32.Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd., Plot No.21-22, 3rd Floor, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon - 122 015.
33.Pulse Telesystems Private Limited, 51/52, Read Towers, 3rd Floor Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.
34.Essel Shyam Communications Ltd., 1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor, 89, Nehru Place New Delhi - 110019, India.
35.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd., 22/2, Plot No.275 - B, Gurunanak School Compound, Sion (West), Mumbai 400022. India.
36.Atria Convergence Technologies Limited, Indian Express Building, No.1, 2nd Floor, Queen's Road, Bengaluru - 560 001, Karnataka.
Also at
No.17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street New Colony, T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017.
37.Action Lane, No.16, No.1A Kalpana Appartments, 1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board,
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Adyar, Chennai - 600 020.
38.Jak Communications Pvt. Ltd., No.4, J Block, Near 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar East, Chennai - 600 102.
39.C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd., Old No.284, New No.204, Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.
40.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd., No.9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop, Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031.
41.Thiru Nagar Satellite Vision Pvt. Ltd., No.149/80 Vijaya Theatre Complex, Behind Kasi Theatre, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Jafferkhanpet, Chennai - 600 083.
... Defendants
PRAYER : Civil Suit (Commercial Division) filed under Order VII Rule 1 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 And Order IV Rule 1 of O.S.Rules, 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 grant a judgment and decree on the following terms:-
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(a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 36 from infringing the plaintiff's copyright in the said show / series "BLACK WARRANT" and 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 said show / series "BLACK WARRANT" 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/mirror/redirect websites or alphanumeric websites in writing;
(b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 37-41 from infringing the plaintiff's copyright in the said show / series "BLACK WARRANT" 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 said show / series "BLACK WARRANT" by
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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 or exhibiting or playing and/or in any manner whatsoever from communicating the said show / series "BLACK WARRANT" and said Work without a proper license from the plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate / infringe the plaintiff's copyrighted said show / series "BLACK WARRANT" 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 : Ms.Swabhhi Tyagi, Ms.Shruthi Srinivasan for Mr.Arun C.Mohan
JUDGMENT
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Learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that she has been instructed to withdraw the suit. An endorsement has been made for the said purpose.
19.02.2025
rna Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No Neutral Citation: Yes / No
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4 provisions across 4 enactments
Senthil Kumar Ramamoorthy
As recorded by the court registry
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