The plaintiff in a civil suit for permanent injunction regarding copyright infringement sought to withdraw the suit. The Court recorded the withdrawal and dismissed the suit.
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C.S(COMM DIV) No. 128 of 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 15-06-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 128 of 2026 and O.A.Nos.400 and 401 of 2026
Rtake Studios Pvt. Ltd., 1101, Shri Krishna Complex, New Link Road, Veera Desai Industrial Estate, Opp Fun Republic Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400053 Branch Office at: 769, Spencer Plaza, Ground Floor, Mound Rd 600 002, Represented by its Authorised Signatory Mr.Shradddha Agrawal
..Plaintiff
Vs
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Equinox Business Park, LBS Marg, Kurla West Mumbai-400070
14.You Broadband and Cable India Ltd,
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2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre, Near Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan-Hazaria Road, Surat-395009
23. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited,
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9th Floor Maker Chambers IV, 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021.
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33.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd No 9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop, Chetpet, Chennai - 600031.
..Respondents
This Civil Suit filed under Order VII Rule 1 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of O.S.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 – suit for permanent injunction for the infringement of Copyright, praying to:
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 “ Daadi Ki Shaadi” and said Work be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those Non-Compliant websites mentioned in Schedule -A hosting contents that relate to plaintiff’s copyright protected cinematographic film “Daadi Ki Shaadi” 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 to 33 or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film “ Daadi Ki Shaadi” 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 “Daadi Ki Shaadi” by copying, recording, reproducing or allowing camcording or allowing others to transmit, communicate or make available or distributing or duplicating or displaying or
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releasing or showing or uploading or downloading or exhibiting or playing and/or in any manner whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film “Daadi Ki Shaadi” 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 “Daadi Ki Shaadi” 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; and
d) pass such further or other orders as this Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and thereby render justice.
For Plaintiff : Mr.S.Deepak for M/s.P.K.Law Firm
For Respondents : No appearance
Judgment
Learned counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this Court to
withdraw the suit and he has also made an endorsement to that effect in the Court bundle.
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
Bharti Airtel Limited
Tata Communication Limited
Vodafone India Limited
K. Kumareswara Babu
As recorded by the court registry
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