Madras High Court

Maddock Films Private Limited vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 6 October, 2021

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                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                            DATED: 06.10.2021

                                                   CORAM

                    THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN

                                          C.S.(Comm) No.27 of 2021
                                    and O.A.Nos.446 and 447 of 2021

               Maddock Films Private Limited,
               163, Flora Building, Central Avenue Road,
               Next to Rose Manor School,
               Santacruz West, Mumbai – 400 054,
               Represented by its Authorised Signatory:
               Mr.Kamlesh Jain.                                       ... Plaintiff


                                                   -Versus-

               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 Cresent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj,Phase II, New Delhi 110 070.

4. Aircel Cellular Limited, 5th Floor, Spencer Plaza, 769 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/

5. Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited, 05/806, 8th Floor, Windsor, Off.CST Road, Kalina, Santacruz(East), Mumbai 400 098.

6. Tata Communication Limited, Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort Mumbai, Maharastra-400 001.

7. Vodafone India Limtied, 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 Limited, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai-400 709.

10. Tata Teleservices Ltd., 10th Floor, Tower I, Jeevan Bharati, 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.

12. GTPL Hathway Ltd., 202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand Shopping Centre, Opp. Swaminarayan Temple, Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad-380 004.

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/

13. Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, Office 3A, 3rd Floor, 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 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 & 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, Kerala 695 581.

19. Data Infosys Limited, Station Road, Durgapura, Jaipur 302 018.

20. Readylink internet Services Limtied, Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore 641 006.

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/

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 500 004.

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

24. Pioneer eLabs Limited, 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 Limited, Thachil Complex, No.10, 3rd Floor, Raja Annamalai Road, Saibaba Mission Post, Coimbatore-641 011, Tamil Nadu, India.

27. Virgo Global Media Limited, Plot No.5, Mithila Nagar, Road No.10, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500 034.

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/

28. Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004.

29. My Net Services India Private Limited, #12, I Floor, IV Cross, Gandhipuram, Pallipalayam, Erode 638 006.

30. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., 9th Floor, Maker Chambers-IV, 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021, India.

31. Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, 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, Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010.

33. Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd. Plot No.21-22, 3rd Floor, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon 122 015.

34. Pulse Telesystems Private Limited, 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.

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/

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 Limited, Indian Express Building, No.1, 2nd Floor, Queen's Road, Bengaluru 560 001, Karnataka Also at No.17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street, New Colony, T.Nagar, Chennai-600 017.

38. Action Lane, No.16, No.1A, Kalpana Apartments, 1st Street, Above Padmanaba 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.204, Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai-600 014.

41. Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd., No.9A/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

Prayer: 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, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/

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, praying for the following judgment and decree

a) permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1-37 from infringing the cinematographic film “MIMI” and said work be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those non-complaint websites mentioned in Schedule-A hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film “MIMI” 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) permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 38-42 from infringing the cinematographic film “MIMI” by themselves, their partners/proprietor/directions, 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 “MIMI” 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 “MIMI” and said work without a proper license from the applicants or in any other manner which would violate/infringe the plaintiff's copyrighted cinematographic film “MIMI” 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 : Chandini Pradeep

For Defendants : No Appearance

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DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN,J.

VRI

JUDGMENT

Learned counsel for the plaintiff states that the plaintiff has

instructed them to withdraw the suit. Recording the same, the suit is

dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. The connected applications are

closed.

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