Madras High Court
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 16 July, 2025
Author: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
Bench: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.127 of 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 16.07.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S.(Comm.Div.).No.127 of 2025
and
O.A.Nos.505 & 506 of 2025
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited,
18th Floor, A Wing, Marathon Futurex,
N.M.Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai – 400 013.
And also Branch Office at:
No.33B, Olympia Platina, 2nd Floor,
SIDCO Industrial Estate, Chennai – 600 032.
Represented by its Power Agent Mr.Akshay Mahadik. ...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, Lodhiroad, 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,
802, 8th, Floor, Interface – 11,
Link Road, Malad West,
Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 064.
5. Tata Communication Limited,
Tower 4, 4th to 8th Floor,
Equinox Business Park,
LBS Marg, Kurla (W) Mumbai-400070.
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. Tata Teleservices Ltd.,
10th Floor, Tower I, Jeevanbharati,
124, Connaught Circus, New Delhi-110001.
9. GTPL Hathway Ltd.,
202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand Shopping Centre,
Opp. Swaminarayan Temple,
Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad-380004.
10. Tikona Digital Private Limited,
Office 3A, 3rd Floor, “Corpora”,
LBS Marg, Bhandup (West), Mumbai - 400 078.
11. BG Broadband India Private Limited,
Plot No.54, Marol Industrial Cooperative Area,
Off. Andherikurla Road,
Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 059.
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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 110033 IN.
14. You Broadband & Cable India Ltd.,
2nd & 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre,
Near Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan-Hazaria Road,
Surat – 395009.
15. Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, II Floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – 695581.
16. Data Infosys Limited,
Station Road,
Durgapura, Jaipur-302018.
17. Readylink Internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakhthi Colony,
RK Puram Ganpathy, Coimbatore - 641006.
18. Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd, Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500004.
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. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited,
9th Floor Maker Chambers IV,
222, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021.
24. Limras Eronet 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-600010.
26. Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd.,
Plot No.21-22, 3rd Floor, Udyogvihar, Phase IV,
Gurgaon - 122 015.
27. Essel Shyam Communications Ltd.,
1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor,
89 Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019, India.
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28. Five Network Solution (I) Ltd.,
A/301-303, Everest Grande,
Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri East, Mumbai - 400 093.
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,
Shanmugamsalai, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.
33. Thamizhaga Cable Tv Communication Pvt. Ltd.,
No.9A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop,
Chetpet, Chennai – 600031. ...Defendants
PRAYER: Plaint filed under Order VII Rule 1 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and
Order IV Rule 1 of Original Side 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, prays that this Hon'ble Court may
be pleased to grant a judgment and decree on the following terms:-
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(a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 or any other
person or such other websites which are discovered by the Plaintiff after the
release of the movie from infringing the cinematographic film “ATA Thambaycha
Naay!” and the 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 “ATA Thambaycha Naay!” 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 “ATA Thambaycha
Naay!” 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 “ATA Thambaycha Naay!” by copying, recording,
reproducing or allowing camcording or allowing others to transmit, communicate
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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
“ATAThambaycha Naay!” 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 “ATA Thambaycha Naay!” 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.G.Praveen Rajesh
for M/s. P.K. Law Firm
JUDGMENT
When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the plaintiff
submits that he has been instructed to withdraw the Suit. He has also made an
endorsement to that effect.
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2. In view of the above, C.S.No.127 of 2025 is dismissed as withdrawn
without any order as to costs. Consequently, O.A.Nos.505 and 506 of 2025 are
closed.
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Index : Yes / No
Speaking order : Yes / No
Internet : Yes / No
Neutral Citation Case: Yes / No
To:
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
Bharat Sanchar Bhavan,
Harish Chandra Mathur Lane,
Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001.
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SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J.
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C.S.(Comm.Div.).No.127 of 2025
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O.A.Nos.505 & 506 of 2025
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