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Maddock Films Private Limited v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Madras HC29 Oct 2025C.S(COMM DIV)/221/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Withdrawal of commercial copyright infringement suit re film "PARAM SUNDARI"; Madras High Court, C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025, O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025; plaintiff Maddock Films Pvt. Limited (counsel Mr.S.Deepak); defendants 1-33 ISPs/cable operators (BSNL, MTNL, Airtel, Vodafone/Idea, Tata, Hathway, Jio, Spectra, ACT, Sify etc.); suit dismissed as withdrawn on plaintiff's endorsement, no costs, connected applications closed; no merits decided; Justice N. Senthilkumar; 29.10.2025.

What did the court decide?

Permission to withdraw the suit granted; suit dismissed as withdrawn with no costs, and the connected applications (O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025) closed. ¶56

Maddock Films Private Limited Vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 29.10.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. SENTHILKUMAR

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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025

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Maddock Films Pvt. Limited

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... Plaintiff

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Versus

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1.Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001.

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2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., New Delhi 110 003.

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3.Bharti Airtel Limited, New Delhi - 110 070.

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4.Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited, Mumbai - 400 098.

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5.Tata Communication Limited, Maharastra 400 001.

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6.Vodafone India Limited, Gujarat 382 011.

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7.Idea Cellular Limited, Gujarat -382 011.

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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025

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8.Tata Teleservices Ltd., New Delhi 110 001.

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9.GTPL Hathway Ltd., Ahmedabad - 380 004.

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10.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, Mumbai - 400 078.

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11.BG Broadband India Private Limited, Mumbai 400 059.

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12.Sify Technologies Limited, Chennai - 600 13.

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13.Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi North West.

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14.You Broadband & Cable India Ltd., Surat - 395009.

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15.Asianet Satellite Communications, Kerala - 695581. 16.Data Infosys Limited, Jaipur 302 018.

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17.Readylink Internet Services Limited, Coimbatore - 641006.

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18.Nettlinx Limited, Hyderabad - 500004.

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19.City Online Services Limited, Hyderabad - 500 038.

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20.Pioneer eLabs Limited, Hyderabad 500 080. 21.AT&T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd.,

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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025

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New Delhi - 110 001.

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22.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Hyderabad - 500 004.

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23.Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Mumbai - 400 021. 24.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, Chennai - 600 010.

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25.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Chennai 600 010.

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26.Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon - 122 015. 27.Essel Shyam Communications Ltd., New Delhi - 110 019 India.

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28.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd., Mumbai 400 022, India. 29.Atria Convergence Technologies Limited, Chennai - 600 017.

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30.Action Lane, Chennai - 600 020. 31.Jak Communications Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 102.

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32.C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 014. 33.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 031. ... Defendants Prayer: Commercial Suit filed under Order VII Rule 1 of the Civil

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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025

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Procedure Code, 1908, r/w Order IV Rule 1 of Original Side Rules, 1956, r/w 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 to grant a Judgement and Decree on the following terms:

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a)A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 or any other person or such other websites which are discovered by the Plaintiff after the release of the movie from infringing the cinematographic film "PARAM SUNDARI" and said Work be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those NonCompliant websites mentioned in Schedule-A hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff copyright protected cinematographic film "PARAM SUNDARI" 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;

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b)A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 30 - 33 or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film "PARAM SUNDARI" 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 "PARAM SUNDARI" 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

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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025

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the cinematographic film "PARAM SUNDARI" 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 "PARAM SUNDARI" 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.

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For Plaintiff : Mr.S.Deepak

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JUDGMENT

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Learned counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this suit. He has also made an endorsement to that effect in the Court bundle. Accordingly, this suit is dismissed as withdrawn. N o costs. Consequently, connected applications are closed.

29.10.2025

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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.221 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.868 & 869 of 2025

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N. SENTHILKUMAR, J.