Madras High Court
Viacom 18 Media Private Limited vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 19 July, 2023
C.S.(Comm)No.26 of 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 19.07.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE Ms.JUSTICE P.T.ASHA
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and O.A.Nos.88 to 90 of 2023
Viacom 18 Media Private Limited,
Zion Bizworld, Subhash Road – 'A',
Vile Parle (East), Mumbai – 400 057,
Maharashtra, India
And also branch office at
Suit 410, 411, Appejay Business Centre,
Appejay House, 39/12 Haddows Road,
Chennai 600 006,
Represented by its Power Agent,
Ms.Krishma Shah .. 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 Sadar,
9, CGO Complex, lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003.
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3. Bharati Airtel Limited,
Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road,
Vasant Kunj, Phase II,
New Delhi 110 070.
4. Tata Communication Limited,
Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road Fort Mumbai,
Maharastra 400 001.
5. Vodafone India Limited,
Suman Tower, Polot No.18,
Sector 11, Gandhi Nagar,
Gujarat 382 011.
6. Idea Cellular Limited,
Suman Tower, Plot No. 18,
Sector 11, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat — 382 011.
7.Tata Teleservices Ltd,
10th Floor, Tower I, Jeevan Bharati,
124 Connaught Circus
New Delhi 110001.
8.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited,
Office 3A, 3rd Floor,
LBS Marg, Bhandup(West),
Mumbai - 400 078.
9 You Broadband & Cable India Ltd,
Plot No.54, Marol Industrial Cooperative Area,
Off. Andheri Kurla Road,
Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 059.
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10.Sify Technologies Limited,
2nd Floor, ‘TIDEL PARK’,
No. 4, Canal Bank Road,
Chennai — 600 113.
11.Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd
B - 10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area,
New Delhi North West
DL 110035 IN
12.Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, Il floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695581
13.Data Infosys Limited,
Station Road, Durgapura,
Jaipur 302018.
14.Readylink internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot no 7, Sakhthi Colony,
RK Puram, Ganpathy,
Coimbatore - 641006.
15.Opto Network Private Limited
B-86, Sector-14
Noida-201301
Uttar Pradesh, India
16.Nettlinx Limited,
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5-9-22, 3rd floor,
My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad-500004
17.City Online Services Limited,
701, 7th Floor,
Aditya Trade Center, Ameerpet,
Hyderabad-500 038.
18.Pioneer eLabs Limited,
Pioneer Towers,
17th Floor, Plot No.16, Survey No.64,
Software Unit Layout,
APIIk, i-Tech City, Madhapur,
Hyderabad: 500080.
19.AT&T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd.,
13th floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House,
13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110 001.
20.Nextgen Communicatiosn Limited,
Thachil Complex,
No.10, 3rd Floor, Raja Annamali Road,
Saibaba Mission Post,
Coimbatore 641 011, Tamil Nadu, India.
21.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited,
Flat no. A3, 3rd floor, office block,
Samrat Complex, Saifabad,
Hyderabad-500004
22.LimrasEronet Broadband Services Private Limited
Doshi Towers, First Floor
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#156, Poonamalle High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010
23.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited,
Doshi Towers, First Floor,
Old # 156, New # 205,
Poonamalle High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai 600010.
24.Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd.
Plot No. 21-22, 3rd Floor
Udyog Vihar, Phase IV,
Gurgaon - 122 015.
25.EsselShyam Communications Ltd.,
1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor,
89 Nehru Place New Delhi-110019 India
26.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd.
22/2, Plot No 275-B,
Gurunanak School Compond,
Sion (West), Mumbai 400022, India.
27.Action Lane
No 16, No 1A Kalpana Apartments
1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board
Adyar, Chennai - 600020
28.Sudarshi Cable Network,
107, Alok Nagar, Adhartaal,
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482 002
29. 4K Digital Communication Private Limited,
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6/35, Athipattan Street, Dr.Ambedkar Nagar,
Arakkonam, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu 631 001.
30.Sri Ganesh Digital Network,
1-290D, Sankarakovilroad,
Thenmalai Sivagiri, Tirunelveli,
Tamil Nadu 627 757.
31. Ashok Kumar,
Unknown Person, India.
32. Ashok Kumar,
Unknown Person, India.
33. Ashok Kumar,
Unknown Person, India. ... defendants
Prayer: Plaint filed under Order VII Rule 1 of CPC, 1908 and Order IV
Rule 1 of O.S.Rules, 1956 read with Sections 51, 55, 62 and 63 of the
Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and
Section 7 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015
a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 26 from
infringing the Plaintiff's licensed Media Rights/copyright protected Event
titled, "WPL" and all websites/web pages and future websites (including
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their prefix and suffix) and those rogue websites mentioned in Schedule-
A including alpha numeric/ mirror websites hosting contents that
infringes the Plaintiff's licensed Media Rights/copyright protected Event
titled, "WPL" in any manner, thereby restraining the unauthorized
streaming broadcasting/hosting/ copying downloading/ playing/
exhibiting/ telecasting/transmitting re-transmitting communicating to
public / making available any "WPL" games, footage, clip, audio-video,
audio only copying uploading, downloading, exhibiting or playing and/or
in any manner communicating in and /or through their digital and or any
other services
b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 27 to 30
from infringing the Plaintiff's licensed Media Rights/copyright protected
Event titled, "WPL" by themselves, their partners/ proprietor directors,
heirs, representatives, success in business, assigns, distributors, agents,
servants or anyone claiming through them or under them from infringing
the Plaintiff's licensed rights copyrighted event "WPI" by copying,
recording, reproducing or allowing camcording or allowing others for
transmitting, communicating or making available any games, footage,
clip, fo video, audio only, coping, uploading, making available or
distributing or duplicating or displaying or showing or uploading or
downloading or exhibiting or playing and/or in any manner, whatsoever
from communicating the event "WPL" without proper license from the
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Plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate/ infringe the
Plaintiff's licensed rights/ copyrighted event "WPI" through different
mediums including but not limited to CD, DVD, Blu-ray dise, VCD,
cable TV. Direct to home services, internet services, multimedia
messaging services, pes drives, hard drives, tapes, DAS, satellite,
Conditional Access Systems or in any other medium/manner whatsoever,
c) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendant nos 31 to 33,
restraining them from infringing the licensed Media Rights Copyright of
the Plaintiff in the Event titled, "WPL" by themselves, their
partners/proprietor/directors, bein representatives, successors in
business, assigns, distributors, agents, servants or anyone claiming
through them or under them, in any manner whatsoever, without a proper
license from the Plaintiff,
d) for costs of the suit, and
For Plaintiff : Mr. S.Deepak
For Defendants : Not ready in notice.
1 to 3, 5 to 7, 10,
11, 15, 18,19,25,
31 and 32
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For Defendant -7 : M/s.A.M.Amutha Ganesh
For Defendants : Served - No Appearance.
8,9,12 to 14, 16,
17, 20 to 24, 26 to 30
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, the Civil Suit is dismissed as withdrawn.
Consequently, the connected applications are closed. No costs.
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Internet : Yes/No
Index :Yes/No
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