Madras High Court

Creative Commercials vs Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited on 11 August, 2021

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                                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
                                                   DATED: 11.08.2021
                                                       CORAM:
                                   THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN
                                                   C.S.No.294 of 2012

                     Creative Commercials,
                     Media & Entertainment Ltd.,
                     22/9, Parthasarathy Puram,
                     North Usman Road, T.Nagar,
                     Chennai – 600 017.                                      ...Plaintiff

                                                          Vs.

                     1.

Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001.

2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, Jeevan Bharti Tower – I, 124 Connaught Circus, New Delhi – 110 001.

3.Bharti Airtel Limited, Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasanth Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi – 110 070.

4.Aircel Cellular Limited, 5th Floor, Spencer Plaza, 769, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600 002.

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5.Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited, 4th Floor, “Rahejas”, Maha Avenue, Santacruz (W), Mumbai – 400 054.

6.Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited, MTS Tower, 3, Amrapali Circle, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur – 302 021.

7.Vodafone India Limited, Peninsula Corporate Park, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai – 400 013.

8.Idea Cellular Limited, Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector 11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382 011.

9.Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai – 400 079.

10.Tata Teleservices Limited, Jeevan Bharati Tower – I, 10th Floor, 124, Connaught Circus, New Delhi – 110 001.

11.TATA Communications Ltd., VSB, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001.

(amended as per Order dated 30.10.2012 in in A.No.2986 of 2012 & delay extended vide order 04.12.2012 in A.No.5211 of 2012)

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12.O-Zone Networks Private Limited, Ground Floor, C-45, Green Park, New Delhi – 110 016.

13.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, 3A, 3rd Floor, 'Corpora', L.B.S.Marg, Bhandup (West), Mumbai – 400 078.

14.BG Broadband India Private Limited, Plot No.54, Marol Industrial Cooperative Area, Off. Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400059.

15.Sify Technologies Limited, 2nd Floor, 'TIDEL PARK', No.4, Canal Bank Road, Chennai – 600 113.

16.Beam Cable System (P) Ltd., B-2-610/A, Road No.10, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500034.

17.You Broadband & Cable India Ltd., 2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre, Near Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan – Hazaria Road, Surat – 395009.

18.Asianet Satellite Communications, 2A, II Floor, Leela Infopark, Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela – 695581.

19.Data Infosys Limited, Station Road, Durgapura, Jaipur – 302018.

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20.Readylink Internet Services Limited, Galaxy, Plot No. 7, Sakhthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore – 641006.

21.ISP Solutions India Private Limited, No.9, 3rd Floor, Prabhakar Apartment, Dr.Munusamy Garden Street, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore – 641 018.

22.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad – 500004.

23.Nettlinx Limited, 5-9-22, 3rd Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad – 500004.

24.City Online Services Limited, 701, 7th Floor, Aditya Trade Center, Ameerpet, Hyderabad – 500 038.

25.Pioneer eLabs Limited, Pioneer Towers, 7th Floor, Plot No.16, Survey No.64, Software Unit Layout, APIIk, i-Tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad – 500080.

26.Amber Online Services Limited, 303, Crescent Towers, Masab Tank, Hyderabad – 500028.

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27.Vainavi Industries Limited, No.147, Panchavati Colony, Road No.10, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 5000034.

28.Virgo Global Media Limited, 9-1-93 & 84, Amarchand Sharma Complex, S.D.Road, Secunderabad – 500003.

29.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad – 500004.

30.MyNet Services India Private Limited, #12, I Floor, IV Cross, Gandhipuram, Pallipalayam, Erode – 638006.

31.Netcom Online Solutions India Private Limited, Viswa Paradise, 23, 23/4 Kalidas Road, Ram nagar, Coimbatore – 641 009.

32.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, 164, Peters Road, Royapettah, Chennai – 600 014.

33.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, AL – 134, 2nd Street, 11th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai – 600 040.

34.ABT Limited, 180, Race Course Road, Coimbatore – 641018.

35.VIVA Communications Private Limited, 11A, East Abhiramapuram, 1st Street, Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004.

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36.Pulse Telesystems Private Limited, 51/52, Real Tower, 3rd Floor Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004.

37.Vishwashakti Technologies Private Limited, 5th Floor, No.8-2-630 to 636, RMK Plaza, Road No.1 & 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500034.

38.Advanced Financial Services Private Limited, 46, Avenue 4, Street No.1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad – 500034.

39.Ashok Kumar

40.Ashok Kumar

41.Ashok Kumar

42.Ashok Kumar

43.Ashok Kumar

44.Ashok Kumar

45.Ashok Kumar ...Defendants

Prayer: Plaint filed under Order VII Rule I of C.P.C., 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of the Original Side rules, 1956 r/w. Sections 51, 55 and 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957, praying as follows:-

a) a permanent injunction restraining the defendants and other unknown persons by themselves, their partners / proprietor, heirs, representatives, successors in business, assigns, distributors, agents or any one claiming through them from in any manner infringing the plaintiff's copyright in the cinematograph film / motion picture “DHAMMU” by

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copying, recording, reproducing or allowing camcording or communicating or allowing others to communicate or making available or distributing or duplicating or displaying or releasing or showing or uploading or downloading or exhibiting or playing and / or in any manner communicating the plaintiff's movie “DHAMMU” in any manner without a proper license from the plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate / infringe the plaintiff's copyright in the said cinematograph film “DHAMMU” through different mediums including CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc, cable TV, Direct to home services, internet services, multimedia messaging services, pen drives, hard drives, tapes, conditional access systems or in any other like manner whatsoever;

b) a direction be issued against the defendants, allowing appropriate authorities to block all unauthorised websites / web pages including the schedule mentioned websites / web pages by way of data source network (DSN) blocking and / or data packet interruption (DPI) based universal resource location (URL) blocking and / or internet protocol (IP) address blocking through routes thereby blocking all or any of the contents that relate to plaintiff's copyright protected cinematograph film / motion picture “DHAMMU” unauthorisedly copied, communicated or made available or displayed or released or showed or uploaded or downloaded or exhibited or played and / or in any manner communicated in and / or through their respective websites / webpages of the defendants;

c) for costs of the suit.

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For Plaintiff : Ms.Chandini Pradeepkumar for Mr.A.A.Mohan For Defendants : Mr.K.R.Rameshkumar for D5 Mr.Y.N.Venkataraj for D4 Mrs.K.Parameswari for D1 Mr.Abdul Saleem for Mr.Anand Abdul Vinod Ms.Simran Srinivasan forMr.R.Parthasarathy for D3, D6 & D7 Mr.Ramprakash Rajagopal for D28 Ms.Samyuktha for Mr.Shivakumar Suresh Mrs.Narmadha Sampath for D9

JUDGMENT

Ms.Chandini Pradeepkumar, learned counsel appearing for the

plaintiff would submit that she has got instructions to withdraw the suit.

2.Recording the said statement, this suit is dismissed as

withdrawn. No costs. Consequently, connected applicatons, if any, are

closed.

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List of witness and documents filed on the side of the plaintiff:

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