A commercial suit filed by Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. Limited for permanent injunction against multiple telecom and internet service providers concerning a cinematographic film was dismissed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras as withdrawn. No costs were awarded.
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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.235 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.917 & 918 of 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 26.11.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. SENTHILKUMAR
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Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. Limited ... Plaintiff
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8.Tata Teleservices Ltd., New Delhi 110 001.
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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.235 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.917 & 918 of 2025 21.AT&T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi - 110 001. 22.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Hyderabad - 500 004. 23.Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Mumbai - 400 021. 24.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, Chennai - 600 010. 25.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Chennai 600 010. 26.Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon - 122 015. 27.Essel Shyam Communications Ltd., New Delhi - 110 019 India. 28.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd., Mumbai 400 022, India. 29.Atria Convergence Technologies Limited, Chennai - 600 017. 30.Action Lane, Chennai - 600 020. 31.Jak Communications Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 102. 32.C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 014. 33.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 031. ... Defendants
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C.S.(Comm.Div) No.235 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.917 & 918 of 2025 Prayer: Commercial Suit filed under Order VII Rule 1 of the Civil 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:
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 "EK CHATUR NAAR" 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’s copyright protected cinematographic film "EK CHATUR NAAR" 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 "EK CHATUR NAAR" 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 "EK CHATUR NAAR" 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 4/6
C.S.(Comm.Div) No.235 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.917 & 918 of 2025 the cinematographic film "EK CHATUR NAAR" 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 "EK CHATUR NAAR" 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
JUDGMENT
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. No costs. Consequently, connected applications are closed.
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Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. Limited
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.
Bharti Airtel Limited
Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited
Tata Communication Limited
N. SENTHILKUMAR
As recorded by the court registry
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