Madras High Court
Reliance Industries Limited vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 21 December, 2023
Author: Abdul Quddhose
Bench: Abdul Quddhose
C.S. (Comm. Div.) No.263 of 2023
THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 21.12.2023
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
C.S. (Comm. Div.) No.263 of 2023
Reliance Industries Limited
Jio Studios (the Media and Entertainment
division of Reliance Industries Limited)
Rep. by its Power Agent
Ms. Dipti Kishan Kotak .... 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 Door Sanchar 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.
4. Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited,
05/806, 8th Floor, Windsor
Off. CST Road, Kalina
Santacruz (East)
Mumbai- 400 098
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5.Tata Communication Limited
Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road Fort Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400 001.
6. Vodafone India Limited,
Suman Tower, Plot No. 18,
Sector-11, Gandhinagar,
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.
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.
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13. Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd
B-10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area,
New Delhi North West
DL 110033 IN
14. You Broadband & Cable India Ltd,
2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre,
Near Gujarat Gas Circle,
Adajan-Hazaria Road,
Surat-395 009.
15. Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, Il floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695 581.
16. Data Infosys Limited,
Station Road, Durgapura,
Jaipur 302 018.
17. Readylink internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakhthi Colony,
RK Puram, Ganpathy,
Coimbatore 641 006.
18. Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd floor,
My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad-500 004.
19. City Online Services Limited,
701, 7th Floor,
Aditya Trade Center, Ameerpet,
Hyderabad-500 038.
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20. Pioneer eLabs Limited,
Pioneer Towers, 17th Floor,
Plot No. 16, Survey No.64,
Software Unit Layout,
APIIk, i-Tech City, Madhapur,
Hyderabad : 500080.
21. AT&T Global Network Service 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-500004
23. MyNet Services India Private Ltd.,
#12, I Floor, IV Cross,
Gandhipuram,
Pallipalayam,
Erode – 638 006.
24. LimrasEronet Broadband Services Private Limited,
Doshi Towers, First Floor
#156, Poonamalle High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010
25. RS Broband Service India Private Limited,
Doshi Towers, First Floor,
Old 156, New #205,
Poonamalle High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai 600010.
26. Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd.
Plot No. 21-22, 3rd Floor
Udyog Vihar, Phase IV,
Gurgaon-122 015.
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27. EsselShyam Communications Ltd.
1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor,
89, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 India
28. Five Network Solution (1) Ltd.
22/2, Plot No 275-B
Gurunanak School Compound,
Sion (West), Mumbai 400022, India.
29. Atria Convergence Technologies Limited
No. 17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street
New Colony, T.Nagar
Chennai- 600017.
30. Action Lane
No.16, No 1A Kalpana Apartments,
1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board
Adyar, Chennai-600020
31. Jak Communications Pvt Ltd
No.4 J Block, Near 6th Avenue,
Anna Nagar East,
Chennai-600102,
32. C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd.
old No. 284, New No. 204,
Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah
Chennai-600014.
33. Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd
No.9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop,
Chetpet, Chennai-600 031. ... Defendants
Prayer : PLAINT 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
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COMMERCIAL COURTS, ACT 2015 - SUIT FOR PERMANENT
INJUNCTION FOR THE INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT to
grant a judgment and decree on the following terms :
a. A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 or any
other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film
"Dawshom Awbotaar” 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 copyright protected cinematographic film
"Dawshom Awbotaar" 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
"Dawshom Awbotaar” 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 copyrighted cinematographic film "Dawshom
Awbotaar" 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
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whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film "Dawshom
Awbotaar” and said Work without a proper license from the Plaintiff or
in any other manner which would violate/infringe the Plaintiff
copyrighted cinematographic film "Dawahom Awbotaar” 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, DAB, satellite,
Conditional Access Systems medium/manner whatsoever, or any other
medium / manner whatsoever ; and
c. for costs of the suit.
For Plaintiff : Mr.T. Pandiyan
JUDGEMENT
The learned counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this Court
to withdraw this suit. He has made an endorsement to that effect in the
Court bundle. Accordingly, the suit is dismissed as withdrawn. No
costs.
21.12.2023
Index: Yes/ No
Speaking order / Non speaking order
Neutral citation : Yes / No
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ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.
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