Madras High Court
National Film Development Corporation ... vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 8 December, 2023
Author: Abdul Quddhose
Bench: Abdul Quddhose
C.S.(Comm. Div.)No.250 of 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 08.12.2023
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
C.S.(Comm. Div.)No.250 of 2023
and
O.A.Nos.903 and 904 of 2023
National Film Development Corporation Ltd
24, Pedder Rd, IT Colony,
Cumballa Hill,
Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 026
Branch Office at:
No.350, Co Optex Ware House Building,
1st floor, Pantheon Road,
Egmore, Chennai - 600 008
Rep. by its Authorised Signatory
Mr. Pandurang Prahlad Math ... Plaintiff
Vs.
1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
Bharat Sanchar Bhavan,
Harish Chandra Mathur Lane,
Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001
2. Mahanagar Telephone Nigan Ltd,
5th Floor, Mahanagar Door Sanchar Sadan,
9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
3. Bharati Airtel Limited
Bharti Crescent, 1,
Nelson Mandela Road,
Vasant Kunj, Phase II,
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New Delhi - 110 070
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,
Maharashtra - 400001
6. Vodafone India Limited,
Suman Tower,
Plot No.18, Sector - 11,
Ghandhinagar,
Gujarat - 382 011
7. Idea Cellular Limited,
Suman Tower, Plot No.18,
Sector 11, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat - 382 011
8. Tata Teleservices Ltd,
10th Floor, Tower I, Jeevan Bharati,
124, Connaught Circus,
New Delhi - 110 001
9. GTPL Hathway Ltd,
202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand Shopping Centre,
Opp.Swaminarayan Temple,
Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad - 380 004
10. Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited
Office 3A, 3rd floor,
LBS Marg,
Bhandup(West), Mumbai - 400 078
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11. BG Broadband India Private Limited
Plot No. 54, Marol Industrial Cooperative Area,
Off.Andheri Kurla Road,
Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 059
12. Sify Technologies Limited
2nd Floor, 'TIDEL PARK'
No.4, Canal Bank Road,
Chennai - 600 113
13. Siti Broadband Services Pvt.Ltd
B - 10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area,
New Delhi North west, DL - 110 033 IN
14. You Braodband & Cable India Ltd,
2nd and 3rd floor, IQARA Centre,
Near Gujarat Gas Circle,
Adajan - Hazaria Road, Surat - 395 009
15. Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, II floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Limited,
Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695581
16. Data Infosys Limited,
Station Road, Durgapura,
Jaipur - 302 018
17. Readylink internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakhthi Colony,
RK Puram,
Ganapathy, Coimbatore - 641 006
18. Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd floor,
My Home Sarovar plaza,
Secretariat Road,
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Saifabad,
Hyderabad - 500 004
19. City Online Services Limited
701, 7th Floor, Aditya Trade Center,
Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500 038
20. Pioneer eLabs Limited, Pioneer Towers,
17th floor, Plot No.16, Survey No.64,
Software Unit Layout, APIIK, i-Tech city,
Madhapur, Hyderabad: 500 080
21. AT&T Global Network Services India Pvt.Ltd,
13th floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House,
13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi - 110 001
22. Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited,
Flat No.A3, 3rd floor, office block, Samrat Complex,
Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004
23. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited,
9th floor maker Chambers IV, 222,
Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021
24. LimrasEronet Broadband Services Private Limited
Doshi Towers, First Floor, 156,
Poonamalle High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai - 600 010
25. RS Broadband Service India Private Limited,
Doshi towers, First Floor, old No.156,
new No.205, Poonamalle High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai - 600 010
26. Spectra ISP Network Pvt.Ltd., Plot No.21-22,
3rd floor
Udyog Vihar, Phase IV,
Gurgaon - 122 015
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27. EsselShyam Communication Ltd,
1121, Hemkunt chambers, 11th floor,
89 Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110019, India
28. Five Network Solution (I) Ltd,
22/2, plot No.275 - B, Gurunanak School Compound,
Sion(West), Mumbai- 400 022, India
29. Atria Convergence Technologies Limited
No.17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street,
New Colony, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017
30. Action Lane, No.16, No.1A
Kalpana Apartments,
1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar
Electricity Board,
Adyar, Chennai - 600 020
31. Jak communications Pvt Ltd,
No.4, J Block,
Near 6th Avenue,
Anna Nagar East, Chennai - 600 102
32. C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd,
old No.284, New No.204,
Shanmugam Salai,
Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014
33. Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd,
Ltd, No.9 A/5, Club Road,
Near Mittai Shop,
Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031. ... Defendants
PRAYER: Plaint filed under Order VII Rule I of C.P.C. and Order IV Rule
1 of Original Side Rules read with sections 51, 52, 55 and 62 of the
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Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and section
7 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 seeking for the following reliefs:
a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 or any
other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film "Mujib: The
Making of a Nation" 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
Plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film "Mujib: The Making of
a Nation" 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 30-33 or any
other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film "Mujib: The
Making of a Nation" by themselves, their partners/proprietor/Authorised
Signatories, 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
"Mujib: The Making of a Nation" by copying, recording, reproducing or
allowing Cam cording or allowing others to transmit, communicate or make
available or distributing or duplicating or displaying or releasing or
showing or uploading or downloading exhibiting or playing and/or in any
manner whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film "Mujib:
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The Making of a Nation" 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 "Mujib: The Making of a Nation"
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 : Mr.T.Pandiyan
JUDGMENT
Learned counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this Court to
withdraw this suit. He has also made an endorsement to that effect in the
Court bundle. Accordingly, this suit is dismissed as withdrawn.
Consequently, the connected applications are closed. No Costs.
08.12.2023
Index : Yes/No
Speaking Order : Yes / No
Neutral Citation Case: Yes / No
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