Madras High Court
Bayview Projects Llp vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 7 February, 2023
C.S.(Comm.Div.)No.6 of 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 07.02.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.SARAVANAN
C.S.(Comm.Div.)No.6 of 2023
and
O.A.Nos.19 & 20 of 2023
Bayview Projects LLP,
Represented its Authorised Signatory,
Mr Punkej Kharabanda, COO (M-66 years),
Having branch office at No.12/12,
Gilchrist Avenue,
Harrington Road, Chetpet,
Chennai – 600 031. ... Plaintiff
Vs
1.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
Bharat Sanchar Bhavan,
Harish Chandra Mathur Lane,
Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001.
2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited,
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,
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Vasant Kunj, Phase II,
New Delhi - 110 070.
4.Vodafone Idea Limited (formerly Idea Cellular Limited),
Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector 11,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382 011.
5.Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd,
9th Floor, Maker Chambers – IV,
222, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021.
6.Atria Convergence Technologies Private Limited,
Indian Express Building, 2nd and 3rd Floor,
No.1, Queen's Road, Bengaluru – 560 001.
7.Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited,
4th Floor, “Rahejas” Main Avenue,
Santacruz West, Mumbai – 400 054.
8.Tata Docomo,
2A, Old Ishwar Nagar,
Main Mathura Road,
New Delhi – 110 065.
9.Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, 2nd Floor, Leela Infopark, Technopark Limited,
Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 581.
10.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited,
3A, 3rd Floor,
LBS Marg, Bhandup West,
Mumbai – 400 078.
11.You Broadband & Cable India Limited,
Plot No.54, Marol Cooperative Industrial Estate,
Makwana, Andheri East, Mumbai – 400 059.
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12.Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited,
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City,
Navi Mumbai – 400 709.
13.Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd,
6th Floor, Block III, Delhi Technology Park,
Shastri Park, Delhi – 110 053.
14.Shyam Spectra Pvt Ltd,
A-60, Naraina Industrial Area,
Phase – I, New Delhi – 110 028.
15.Sify Technologies Limited,
2nd Floor, "TIDEL PARK",
No.4, Canal Bank Road,
Chennai - 600 113.
16.AT & T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd,
13th Floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House,
13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi – 110 001.
17.Peak Air Pvt Ltd,
No.36/567 G, Ananthapuri Building,
P.F.Road, Kaloor, Cochin – 682 017.
18.Knet Solutions Pvt Ltd (Cherrinet),
No.141, Prakash Towers, Ground Floor, OMR,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai – 600 041.
19.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited,
No.18/7, 1st Floor, Postal Colony,
III Street, West Mambalam, Chennai – 600 033.
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20.SITI Networks Limited,
Unit No.38, 1st Floor,
A Wing Madhu Industrial Estate,
P.B.Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400 013.
21.Andhra Pradesh State Fiber Net Limited,
3rd Floor, NTR Administrative Block,
Pandit Nehru Bus Station, NH-65, Vijayawada,
Andhra Pradesh – 520 001.
22.Raaj Internet (I) Private Limited,
Old No.12, New No.27,
Singanna Chetty Street, Chintadripet,
Chennai – 600 002.
23.Joister Infoserve Private Limited,
Shop No.4 Borivalli Neelkamalco,
Daulat Nagar, RD No.10, Borivali East,
Mumbai – 400 066.
24.GTPL Hathway Ltd,
202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand, Shopping Center,
Opp.Swaminarayan Temple,
Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad – 380 004.
25.Ready Link Internet Service Limited,
Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakthi Colony,
RK Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore – 641 006.
26.Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd Floor,
My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad – 500 004.
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27.Excitel Broadband Private Limited,
Plot No.48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Estates,
Phase III, New Delhi – 110 020.
28.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited,
Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block,
Samrat Complex, Saifabad,
Hyderabad – 500 004.
29.Dawn Supports Private Limited,
39/4916/D3, Divans Tower, Karimpatta Cross Road,
Pallimukku, Kochi, Ernakulam – 682 016.
30.Thalainagar Digital Cables (P) Ltd,
No.16, South Park Street,
Venkatapuram, Ambattur, Chennai – 600 053.
31.Cable Cast New Media Pvt Ltd,
26/1, 1st Floor, 3rd Cross Street,
Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar Chennai – 600 020.
32.C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd,
Old No.284, New No.204,
Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah,
Chennai – 600 014.
33.Team 5 Network,
13 M, Block AM Garden,
Mandaveli, Chennai – 600 028.
34.SND Satellite Vision,
New No.40/83/1, Muttiah Street Vellala,
Teynampet, Chennai – 600 086.
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35.Kerala Communicators Cable Limited,
No.47/64, 12th A Cross, Vyalikavil,
Malleshwaram, Bengaluru – 560 003.
36.Asianet Digital Network Private Ltd,
2A, 2nd Floor, Leela Infopark, Technopark Limited,
Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 581.
37.DEN Networks Ltd,
236, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase – III,
New Delhi – 110 020.
38.Starvision Cable TV Network,
Krishnapriya Buildings, Kidangoor South,
Kottayam - 686 583. ... Defendants
Prayer: This Civil Suit is filed under Order VII Rule 1 of Civil Procedure
Code, 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of the Original Side Rules, 1956 read
with Sections 51, 52, 55, 61(1) and 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and
the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial
Courts, Commercial Division – suit for permanent injunction for the
infringement of copyright, prayed for a Judgment and Decree:-
a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 29
from infringing the cinematographic film “THUNIVU” and said work be
directed to block all websites/web pages including websites mentioned in
Schedule hosting contents that relate to plaintiff's copyright protected
cinematographic film “THUNIVU” in any manner, thereby restraining
the unauthorised copying, transmission, communication or make
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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 30-38
from infringing the cinematographic film “THUNIVU” 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 “THUNIVU” 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 or exhibiting or playing and/or in
any manner whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film
“THUNIVU” 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 “THUNIVU” 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.
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For Plaintiff : Mr.Vijayan Subramanian
JUDGMENT
The learned Counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this
Court to withdraw this suit and he has also made the following
endorsement to that effect:
“I may be permitted to withdraw the suit.”
2. In view of the endorsement made by the learned Counsel for
the plaintiff, this Civil Suit is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs.
Consequently, connected Original Applications are closed.
07.02.2023
Index : Yes/No
Internet : Yes/No
Speaking Order/Non-Speaking Order
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C.SARAVANAN, J.
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