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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd vs M/S Powersmart Media (Opc) Private ... on 1 September, 2025

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                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

                          DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025

                                          PRESENT
                       THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE
                                            AND
                              THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI
                             COMMERCIAL APPEAL NO. 464 OF 2025
                BETWEEN:

                1.   ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LTD.,
                     REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER-LEGAL
                     MS. LAVANYA ANAND
                     HAVING ITS BRANCH
                     OFFICE AT NO.39
                     UNITED MANSIONS
                     3RD FLOOR, M.G. ROAD
                     BANGALORE - 560 001
                                                             ...APPELLANT
                (BY SRI DHYAN CHINNAPPA, SENIOR ADVOCATE A/W
                MS. GITANAJALI MIRIAM MATHEW, ADVOCATE)
Digitally
signed by
SUMATHY         AND:
KANNAN
Location:       1.   M/S. POWERSMART MEDIA (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED
High Court of
Karnataka            REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR
                     MR. RAKESH SANJEEVA SHETTY
                     NO.7, 11TH MAIN ROAD
                     1ST STAGE, 1ST PHASE
                     GOKUL EXTENSION
                     MATHIKERE MAIN ROAD
                     YESHWANTHPUR
                     MATHIKERE
                     BANGALORE - 560 054.
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2.   RAKESH SANJEEVA SHETTY
     NO.7, 11TH MAIN ROAD,
     1ST STAGE, 1ST PHASE
     GOKUL EXTENSION
     MATHIKERE MAIN ROAD
     YESHWANTHPUR
     MATHIKERE
     BANGALORE - 560 054.
                                             ...RESPONDENTS
(BY SMT. PRIYA V., ADVOCATE FOR C/RESPONDENTS- 1 & 2)

        THIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION

13 (1A) OF THE COMMERCIAL COURTS ACT, 2015 PRAYING

TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER              DATED 23.08.2025

(ANNEXURE A), PASSED IN I.A. NOS. 2/2025, 3/2025 AND

4/2025, IN THE SUIT TITLED POWERSMART MEDIA (OPC)

PRIVATE     LIMITED   &    ANR   VS.   ZEE   ENTERTAINMENT

ENTERPRISES LIMITED, BEARING COM. O.S. NO. 1166/2025,

PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE LXXXV ADDITIONAL CITY

CIVIL     AND   SESSIONS    JUDGE,     COMMERCIAL     COURT,

BENGALURU (CCH 86) & ETC.


        THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,

JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU ,CHIEF JUSTICE
       and
       HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI


                         ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU,CHIEF JUSTICE)

1. Issue notice.

2. Learned counsel for the respondents accepts notice.

3. The appellant has filed the present appeal against an ad-

interim order of injunction. This Court is informed that the learned

Commercial Court has listed the application for interim relief on

06.09.2025. We request the learned Commercial Court to consider

the interim application, on the said date.

4. The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellant

submits that the present appeal be disposed of with the liberty to

apply, if necessary. The appeal is disposed of with the aforesaid

liberty.

Sd/-

(VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE

Sd/-

(C M JOSHI) JUDGE KS