Branch Address A1 Tower vs Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited
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                                                                        C.S.(Comm.Div.)No.163 of 2023

                                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                                DATED : 10.08.2023

                                                      CORAM

                                    THE HONOURABLE Ms. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

                                          C.S(Comm.Div.).No.163 of 2023
                                                      and
                                            O.A.Nos.583 & 584 of 2023

                     Reliance Industries Limited
                     Through Jio Studios
                     (Viz. the Media and Entertainment division of Reliance Industries Limited)
                     Registered Address: 3rd Floor, Maker Chambers IV,
                     222 Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021

                     Branch Address A1 Tower, 5th Floor, No.89,
                     Dr.Radha Krishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600 004,
                     Rep by its Power Agent
                     Ms.Dipti Kishan Kotak
                                                                                     ...Plaintiff

                                                          Vs.

                     1.

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

2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., 5th Floor, Mahanagar Door Sanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003.

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

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

5.Tata Communication Limited, Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road Fort Mumbai, Maharastra 400001.

6.Vodafone India Limited, Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector-11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382011.

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

8.Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai 400 709.

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

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

11.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, Office 3A, 3rd Floor, LBS Marg, Bhandup (West) Mumbai - 400 078.

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12.BG Broadband India Private Limited, Plot No.54, Marol Industrial Cooperative Area, Off.Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East) Mumbai 400 059.

13.Sify Technologies Limited, 2nd Floor 'TIDEL PARK', No.4, Canal Bank Road, Chennai- 600113.

14.Siti Broadband Services Pvt.Ltd., B-10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area, New Delhi North West, DL 11035 IN

15.You Broadband And Cable India Ltd, 2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre, Near Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan-Hazaria Road, Surat - 395 009

16.Asiaent Satellite Communications 2A, II Floor Leela Infopark, Technopark Limited Kazhakkoottam, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala - 695 581.

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

18.Readylink Internet Services Limited, Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakhthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore - 641 006.

19.Opto Network Private Limitied B-86,Sector-14,

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Nodia - 201301.

Uttar Pradesh, India.

20.Nettlinx Limited, 5-9-22, 3rd Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004.

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

22.Pioneer eLabs Limited, Pioneer Towers, 17th Floor, Plot No.16, Survey No.64, Software Unit Layout, APIIk, I-Tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500 080.

23.At & T Global Network Service India Pvt.Ltd., 13th Floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi - 110 001.

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

25.MyNet Services India Private Limited, #12, I Floor, IV Cross, Gandhipuram Pallipalayam, Erode - 638 006.

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

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

28.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor, Old #.156, New #.205, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010.

29.Spectra Isp Networks Pvt.Ltd., Plot No 21-22, 3rd Floor, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgoan - 122 015.

30.Pulse Telesystems Private Limited, 51/52, Real Towers, 3rd Floor, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.

31.EsselShyam Communications Ltd., 1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor, 89 Nehru Place New Delhi - 110 019 India.

32.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd., 22/2, Plot No.275-B, Gurunanak School Compound, Sion (West), Mumbai - 400 022, India.

33.Atria Convergence Technologies Limited No.17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street, New Colony, T.Nagar, Chennai 17.

34.Action Lane No.16, No.1a, Kalpana Apartments, 1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board, Adyar.Chennai - 600 020.

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35.Jak Communications Pvt Ltd., No.4 J Block, Near 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar East, Chennai 600 102.

36.C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd., Old No.284, New No.204, Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.

37.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd., No.9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop, Chetpet, Chennai 31.

...Defendants

PRAYER: Plaint is filed under 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, 55 and 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial Courts, Act 2015

- Suit for permanent injunction for the infringement of copyright, praying to pass the judgment and decree:-

a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 33 from

infringing the cinematographic film "Baipan Bhaari Deva" and said Work

be directed to block all website/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 "Baipan Bhaari Deva" way in any manner, there by

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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 website/webpages in

writing:

b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 34 to 37 from

infringing the cinematographic film "Baipan Bhaari Deva" by themselves

their partners/proprietor/directors, heirs, representatives, successors in

business, assigns, distributors, agents, servants or anyone claiming through

them or under them form infringing the Plainitffs copyrighted in

cinematographic film "Baipan Bhaari Deva" by copying, recording

reproducing or allowing Cam cording or allowing others to transmit,

communicate or mark available or distributing or duplicating or displaying

or releasing or showing or uploading or downloading or exhibiting the

cinematographic film "Baipan Bhaari Deva" 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 "Baipan

Bhaari Deva" through different mediums including but not limited to CS,

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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.

d) pass such further or other orders as this Hon’ble Court may deed

fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and thereby render justice.

For Plaintiff : Mr.T.Pandian for M/s.P.K.Law Firm

For Defendants : M/s.A.M.Amutha Ganesh [D.1]

: No Appearance [D.12, 25 & 35], served

: Not ready in notice [D.1 to D.11, D.13 to D.24, D.26 to D.34]

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JUDGMENT

The learned counsel for the Plaintiff seeks permission of this Court to

withdraw the suit and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.

2. In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned

counsel for the Plaintiff, this Suit is dismissed as withdrawn. Consequently

connected applications are also closed. No costs.

                                                                                               10.08.2023

                     Index       : Yes/No
                     Internet    : Yes/No
                     Neutral Citation : Yes/No
                     shr

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P.T. ASHA, J,

shr

C.S.(Comm.Div.)No.163 of 2023 and O.A.Nos.583 & 584 of 2023

10.08.2023

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