C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated: 22.09.2022
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR
C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022
M/s.Seven Screen Studio
A Partnership Firm
Represented by its Partner
Mr.S.S.Lalit Kumar (M-50 years)
having office at No.37/4, Potters Street
Saidapet, Chennai - 600 015 .. Plaintiff
Vs.
1.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Bharat Sanchar Bhavan Harish Chandra Mathur Lane Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001.
2. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 5th Floor, Mahanagar Door Sanchar Sadan 9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003.
3. Bharti Airtel Limited Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj, Phase II New Delhi - 110 070.
4. Vodafone Idea Limited (formerly Idea Cellular Limited) Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector 11 Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382 011 Page Nos.1/9 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022
5. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., 9th Floor, Maker Chambers-IV 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021
6. Atria Convergence Technologies Private Limited Indian Express Building 2nd & 3rd Floor No.1, Queen's Road, Bangalore - 580 001
7. Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited 4th Floor, "Rahejas" Main Avenue Santacruz West, Mumbai - 400 054
8. Tata Docomo 2A, Old Ishwar Nagar, Main Mathura Road New Delhi - 110 085
9. Asianet Satellite Communications 2A, II Floor, Leela Infopark Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695 581.
10. Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited A, 3rd Floor, 'Corpora', L.B.S.Marg Bhandup (West) Mumbai - 400 078.
11. You Broadband & Cable India Ltd., Plor No.54, Marol Co-operative Industrial Estate Makwana, Andheri East, Mumbai - 400 059
12. Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City Navi Mumbai 400 709.
13. Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd., 6th Floor, Block III, Delhi Technology Park Page Nos.2/9 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022 Shastri Park, Delhi - 110 053
14. Shyam Spectra Pvt. Ltd., A-60, Naraina Industrial Area Phase-I, New Delhi - 110 028
15. Sify Technologies Limited 2nd Floor, TIDEL PARK No.4, Canal Bank Road Chennai-600 113.
16. AT&T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd., 13th Floor, 1305-06 Mohan Dev House 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi - 110 001.
17. Peak Air Pvt. Ltd., No.36/567 G, Ananthapuri Building P F Road, Kaloor, Cochin - 600 041
18. Knet Solutions Pvt. Ltd., (Cherrinet) No.141, Prakash Towers, Ground Floor, OMR Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041
19. Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited No.18/7, 1st Floor, Postal Colony III Street, West Mambalam, Chennai - 600 033
20. SITI Networks Limited Unit No.38, 1st Floor, A Wing Madhu Industrial Estate P.B.Marg, Worli, Mumbai - 400 013
21. Andhra Pradesh State Fiber Net Limited 3rd Floor, NTR Administrative Block Pandit Nehru Bus Station, NH-65, Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh - 520 001 Page Nos.3/9 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022
22. Raaj Internet (I) Private Limited Old No.12, New No.27 Singanna Chetty Street Chintadripet Chennai - 600 002
23. Joister Infoserve Privae Limited Shop No.4, Borivali Neelkamalco, Daulat Nagar RD No.10, Borivali East, Mumbai - 400 066
24. GTPL Hathway Ltd., 202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand Shopping Center Opp. Swaminarayan Temple Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad - 380 004
25. Ready Link Internet Service Limited Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakthi Colony R.K.Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore - 641 006
26. Nettlinx Limited 5-9-22, 3rd Floor, My Home Sarowar Plaza Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004
27. Excitel Broadband Private Limited Plot No.48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Estates Phase III, New Delhi - 110 020
28. Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004.
29. Dawn Supports Private Limited 39/4916/D3, Divans Tower, Karimpatta Cross Road Pallimukku, Kochi, Ernakulam - 682 016
30. Thalainagar Digital Cables (P) Ltd., No.16, South Park Street Page Nos.4/9 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022 Venkatapuram, Ambattur, Chennai - 600 053
31. Cable cast New Media Pvt. Ltd., 26/1, 1st Floor, 3rd Cross Street Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar, Chennai - 600 020
32. C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd., Old No.284, New No.204, Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah Chennai-600 014.
33. Team 5 Network 13 M, Block A M Garden Mandaveli, Chennai - 600 028
34. SND Satellite Vision New No.40/83/1, Muttiah Street Vellala Teynampet, Chennai - 600 086
35. Kerala Communicators Cable Limited No.47/64, 12th A Cross, Vyalikavil Malleshwaram, Bengaluru - 560 003
36. Asianet Digital Network Private Ltd., 2A, 2nd Floor, Leela Infopark, Technopark Limited Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 581
37. DEN Networks Ltd., 236, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-III New Delhi - 110 020
38. Starvision Cable TV Network Kirshnapriya Buildings, Kidangoor South Kottayam - 686 583 .. Defendants Page Nos.5/9 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022 This Civil Suit is preferred, under Order VII Rule 1 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of the Original Side Rules 1956 read with Sections 51, 52, 55 , 61(1) and 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act No.4 of 2016 praying
(a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 29 from infringing the cinematographic film "COBRA" and said work be directed to block all websites / web pages including websites mentioned in Schedule hosting contents that relate to plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film "COBRA" 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 / web pages in writing;
(b) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 30 to 38 from infringing the cinematographic film "COBRA" 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 "COBRA" 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 the cinematographic film "COBRA" 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 "COBRA" 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.Vijayan Subramanian Page Nos.6/9 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S(Comm. Div.)No.175 of 2022 JUDGMENT Mr.Vijayan Subramanian, learned counsel for the sole plaintiff company, who is before this Commercial Division, submits that he has instructions from the plaintiff company to withdraw the captioned suit.
Saying so, learned counsel has made an endorsement in the case file, a scanned reproduction of which is as follows:
2. The aforementioned endorsement made in the case file is reiterated by the learned counsel in the hearing.
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3. In the light of the aforementioned endorsement and the reiteration of the same in the hearing, captioned Civil Suit is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs.
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