Madras High Court

Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 19 January, 2022

                                                                        C.S.88 of 2021

                              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                               Dated :19.01.2022

                                                    Coram:

                         THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH

                                         C.S.(Comm.Div.)No.88 of 2021
                                                    and
                                          O.A.Nos.713 & 714 of 2021

                     Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd.,
                     5, Shah Industrial Estate
                     Veera Desai Road, Andheri (West)
                     Mumbai - 400 053, India
                     Represented by its Authorised Signatory
                     Mr.Anand Gurnani                                    .. 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 110003

3. Bharati Airtel Limited Bharati 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-600 002.

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

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

7. Vodafone India Limited, Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector-11, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat-382011.

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 110001.

11. Syscon Infoway Pvt. Ltd., A4, Borivali Neelkamal Co-op Soc.

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Road No.10, Daulat Nagar, Borivali East, Mumbai 400066

12. GTPL Hathway Ltd.

202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand, Shopping Center, Opp. Swaminarayan Temple, Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad 380 004.

13. Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, 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 & 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,

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Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695 581.

19. Data Infosys Limited, Station Road, Durgapura, Jaipur 30.

20. Readylink Internet Services Limited, Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakthi colony, RK Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore 641 006.

21. Opto Network Private Limited, B-86, Sector-14, Noida-201301 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: 500080.

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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, Tamilnadu, India.

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

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

29. MyNet 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-400021.

31. Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor, # 156, Poonamallee High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010.

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32. RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor, Old # 156, New # 205, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, 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 Limited, 51/52, Real Towers, 3rd Floor Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600004.

35. Essel Shyam Communications Ltd., 1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor, 89 Nehru Place New Delhi 110019 India

36. Five Network Solution (I) Ltd., 22/2, Plot No 275-B, Gurunanak, School Compond, Sion(West), Mumbai 400022, 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.

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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, Pillayar Koil Street, Jafferkhanpet, Chennai 600 083. ..Defendants

Prayer:

Civil Suit has been filed under Order VII Rule 1 of C.P.C.,1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of Original Side 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

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of 2016, praying to pass a judgment and decree for:-

(a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 37 from infringing the cinematographic film "Bunty Aur Babli 2" and said work be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those non-complaint web sites mentioned in Schedule-A Hosting contents that relate to plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film "Bunty Aur Babli 2" 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 38-42 from infringing the cinematographic film "Bunty Aur Babli 2" 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 "Bunty Aur Babli 2" 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 "Bunty Aur Babli 2" and said work without a proper license from the plaintiff or in any other manner

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which would violate/ infringe the plaintiff's copyrighted cinematographic film "Bunty Aur Babli 2" 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;