Geetha Arts, a unit of Allu Entertainment LLP v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

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Madras High Court Commercial Division original suit C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.55/2025 (with O.A.Nos.172-174/2025), Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, 16.04.2025. Plaintiff Geetha Arts (A Unit of Allu Entertainment LLP), represented by Benin Selvam, sued 34 defendants over piracy of the cinematographic film 'THANDEL': Defendants 1-29 (BSNL, MTNL, Bharti Airtel, Hathway, Tata Communication, Vodafone, Idea, Tata Teleservices, GTPL Hathway, Tikona, BG Broadband, Sify, Siti, You Broadband, Asianet, Data Infosys, Readylink, Nettlinx, City Online, Pioneer eLabs, AT&T Global Network Service India, Southern Online Bio Technologies, Reliance JioInfocomm, Limras Eronet, RS Broadband, Spectra ISP, Essel Shyam, Five Network Solution, Atria Convergence) for website-blocking of Schedule-A rogue sites; Defendants 31-34 (Action Lane, Jak Communications, C32 Cable Net, Thamizhaga Cable TV Communications) against camcording/unlicensed exploitation; Defendant 30 Google India Inc. (counsel Ms.Diwaagar) as gTLD Manager of '.soy' for domain suspension. Statutes invoked: Copyright Act 1957 ss.51, 52, 55, 62; Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012; Commercial Courts Act 2015 s.7; CPC Order VII Rule 1; Original Side Rules 1956 Order IV Rule 1. Disposition: suit dismissed as withdrawn without costs after plaintiff's endorsement; no findings, no precedent engaged. Keywords: copyright infringement, cinematograph film, anti-piracy injunction, rogue website blocking, dynamic injunction, gTLD '.soy', domain suspension, camcording, withdrawal, dismissed as withdrawn, Geetha Arts, THANDEL.