Madras High Court
Zee Entertainment Enterprises ... vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 9 July, 2021
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 09.07.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN
C.S.No.191 of 2021
and
O.A.Nos.310 & 311 of 2021
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
Registered office at
18th Floor A Wing Marathon Futurex,
N.M.Joshi Marg, Lower Parel
Membai – 400 013
and Branch Office at
No.33 B, Olympia Platina
1st & 2nd Floor, SIDCO Industrial Estate,
Guindy, Chennai – 600 032
Represented by its Constituted Attorney
Ms.N.Dhanya .... 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 Doorsanchar 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.
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4. Aircel Cellular Limited,
5th Floor, Spencer Plaza,
769 Anna Salai,
Chennai - 600002
5. Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited,
05/806, 8th Floor, Windsor
Off.CST Road, Kalina Santacruz (East)
Mumbai - 400 098.
6. Tata Communication Ltd.
Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road Fort Mumbai,
Maharastra 400 001.
7. Vodafone India Limited
Suman Tower, Plot No.18,
Sector – 11, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat 382 011.
8. Idea Cellular Limited
Suman Tower, Plot No.18,
Sector 11, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat - 382 011.
9. Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd.
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City,
Navi Mumbai 400 709.
10. Tata Teleservices Ltd.
10th Floor, Tower I, Jeevan Bharathi
124 Connaught Circus,
New Delhi 110 001.
11. Syscon Infoway Pvt Ltd.
A4, Borivali Neelkamal Co-Op Soc.
Road No.10, Daulat Nagar,
Borivali East Mumbai - 400 066.
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12. GTPL Hathway Ltd.
202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand
Shopping Center
Opp. Swaminarayan Temple, Shahibaugh
Ahmedabad - 380 004.
13. Tikona Digital Networks Private Ltd.
Office 3A, 3rd Floor,
Lbs 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 400 059.
15. Sify Technologies Limited,
2nd Floor, TIDEL PARK'
No.4, Canal Bank Road,
Chennai 600 113.
16. Siti Broadband Services Pvt Ltd.,
B-10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area,
New Delhi North West, DL 110035 IN
17. You Broadband And Cable India Ltd.,
2nd And 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre,
Near Gujarat Gas Circle,
Adajan-Hazaria Road,
Surat - 395 009.
18. Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, II Floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Ltd., Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala - 695 581.
19. Data Infosys Limited
Station Road, Durgapura,
Jaipur 30.
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20. Readylink Internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot No 7, Sakthi Colony,
Rk Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore - 641006.
21. Opto Network Private Limited
B-86, Sector – 14, Noida - 201 301.
Uttar Pradesh, India
22. Nettlinx Limited
5-9-22, 3rd Floor,
My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad - 500004.
23. City Online Services Limited
701, 7th Floor, Aditya Trade Center
Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500 038.
24. Pioneer elabs Ltd.
Pioneer Towers 7th Floor,
Plot No.16, Survey No.64,
Software Unit Layout, APIIK i-Tech City
Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500 080.
25. AT& T Global Network Service India Pvt.Ltd.
13th Floor, 1305-06,
Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg,
New Delhi -110 001.
26. Nextgen Communications Ltd
Thachil Complex, No.10, 3rd Floor,
Raja Annamalai Road, Saibaba Mission Post
Coimbatore - 641 011, Tamilnadu, India
27. Virgo Global Media Limited
Plot No .5, Mithila Nagar,
Road No.10, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500 034.
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28. Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited
Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block,
Samrat Complex, Saifabad,
Hyderabad - 500 004.
29. My Net Services India Pvt Limited
# No.12, I Floor, IV Cross,
Gandhipuram, Pallipalayam,
Erode - 638 006.
30. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
9th Floor, Marker Chambers – IV,
222, Nariman Point Mumbai - 400 021,
India.
31. Limaras Eronet Broadband Services Private Ltd
Doshi Towers First Floor
#156, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk,
Chennai 600 010
32. RS Broadband Service India Private Limited,
Doshi Towers, First Floor,
Old #.156 New #.205,
Poonamalle High Road,
Kilapauk, Chennai 600010
33. Spectra ISP Networks Pvt Ltd
Plot No.21-22, 3rd Floor, Udyog Vihar
Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015
34. Pulse Telesystems Private Ltd
51/52, Real Towers, 3rd Floor
Royapettah High Road,
Mylapore Chennai 600 004
35. Essel Shyam Communications Ltd.,
1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor,
89 Nehru Place New Delhi - 110 019 India
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36. Five Network Solution (I) Ltd
22/2 Plot No.275-B,
Gurunanak School Compound,
Sion (West), Mumbai 400 022, India.
37. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.,
Indian Express Building,
No.1, 2nd Floor Queen's Road, Bengaluru - 560 001.
Karnataka.
Also At
No.17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan St
New Colony, T.Nagar,
Chennai – 600 017.
38. Action Lane
No.16, No.1A Kalpana Apartments
1st Street,
Above Padmanada Nagar Electricity Board,
Adyar, Chennai 600 020.
39. Jak Communications Pvt Ltd.
No.4 J Block, Near 6th Avenue,
Anna Nagar East, Chennai 600 102
40. C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd.
Old No.284, New No.2o4, Shanmugam Salai,
Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.
41. Thamizhaga Cable Tv Communication Pvt Ltd.,
No.9 A/5, Club Road, Near
Mittai Shop, Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031
42. Thiru Nagar Satellite Vision Pvt Ltd.,
No.149/80 Vijaya Theatre Complex
Behind Kasi Theatre,
Pillaiyar Koil Street, Jafferkhanpet
Chennai - 600 083 ... Defendants
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Prayer:Civil Suit filed under Order VII Rule I 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,
Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High
Courts Act No.4 of 2016 – Suit for Permanent Injunction for the
Infringement of copyright - praying for the following:
a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 37
from infringing the cinematographic film “Radhe - Your Most Wanted
Bhai” 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 Plaintiffs copyright protected cinematographic film “Radhe - Your
Most Wanted Bhai” 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 38-42
from infringing the cinematographic film “Radhe -Your Most Wanted
Bhai” by themselves, their partners/proprietor/directors, heirs
representatives, successors in business, assigns, distributors, agents,
servants or any one claiming through them or under them from infringing
the Plaintiff's copyrighted cinematographic film “Radhe – Your Most
Wanted Bhai” 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
Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai” 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 “Radhe
– Your Most Wanted Bhai” through different mediums including but not
limited to CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc, VCD, cable T.V, 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;
https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/ c) for costs of the suit;
DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN,J.
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For Plaintiff : Mr.Arun C Mohan
For Defendants : Mr.Shivakumar – For D-37
JUDGMENT
In view of the memo dated 08.07.2021 filed by the plaintiff, the
suit is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. The connected
applications are closed.
09.07.2021
vri
C.S.No.191 of 2021
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