Madras High Court
Mr.Xavier Britto vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 5 March, 2025
Author: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
Bench: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 05.03.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025
and O.A.Nos.35 & 36 of 2025
Mr.Xavier Britto,
Sole Proprietor of XB Film Creators,
Represented by its Authorized Signatory
Mrs.Sneha Britto
having its registered
office at No.01, Royal Enclave,
Besant Avenue Road, Padmanabha Nagar, Adyar,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 020. ... 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 Doorsanchar 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.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited,
Office 3A, 3rd Floor,
LBS Marg, Bhandup (West),
Mumbai - 400 078.
6.You Broadband & Cable India Limited,
Plot No.54, Marol Co-operative Industrial Estate,
Makwana, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 059.
7.Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd.,
6th Floor, Block III, Delhi Technology Park,
Shastri Park, Delhi 110 053.
8.Shyam Spectra Pvt Ltd
A 60, Naraina Industrial Area,
Phase I, New Delhi 110 028.
9.Sify Technologies Limited
2nd Floor, Tidel Park, No 4, Canal Road,
Taramani, Chennai 600 113.
10.AT & T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd
13th Floor, 1305 06, Mohan Dev House,
13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi 110 001.
11.Peak Air Pvt Ltd
No.36 567 G, Ananthapuri Building,
PF Road, Kaloor, Cochin 682 017.
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12.Knet Solutions Pvt Ltd (Cherrinet),
No.141, Prakash Towers, Ground Floor,
OMR, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041.
13.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited
No 18 7, 15th Floor, Postal Colony,
III Street, West Mambalam, Chennai 600 033.
14.Raaj Internet (I) Private Limited
Old No 12, New No 27,
Singanna Chetty Street, Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002.
15.Joister Infoserve Private Limited
Shop No 4 Borivali Neelkamalco,
Daulat Nagar, RD No 10,
Borivali East, Mumbai 400 066
16.Ready Link Internet Service Limited
Galaxy, Plot No 7, Sakthi Colony,
RK Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore 641 006.
17.Nettlinx Limited
5-9-22, 3th Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004.
18.Excitel Broadband Private Limited
Plot No 48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Estates,
Phase III, New Delhi 110 020.
19.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited
Flat No A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block,
Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004.
20.Dawn Supports Private Limited
39/4916/D3, Divans Tower,
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Karimpatta Cross Road,
Pallimukku, Kochi, Ernakulam 682 016.
21.Thalainagar Digital Cables P Ltd
No 16, South Park Street,
Venkatapuram, Ambattur, Chennai 600 053.
22.Cable Cast New Media Pvt Ltd
26/1, 15th Floor, 3rd Cross Street,
Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar Chennai 600 020.
23.C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd
Old No 284, New No 204,
Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah,
Chennai 600 014.
24.Team 5 Network
13 M, Block AM Garden,
Mandaveli, Chennai 600 028.
25.SND Satellite Vision
New No.40/83/1, Muttiah Street Vellala,
Teynampet, Chennai 600 086.
26.Star vision Cable Tv Network
Krishnapriya Buildings, Kidangoor South,
Kottayam 686 583. ... Defendants
PRAYER: Civil Suit (Commercial Division) is filed under Order VII Rule
1 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of O.S.Rules, 1956
Read With Sections 51, 52, 55, 61(1) & 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and
the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial
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Courts Act, praying to grant a judgment and decree on the following
terms:-
(a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 20 and
other known and unknown persons / entities from infringing the
cinematographic film “NESIPPAYA” and to block all websites / web pages
including websites mentioned in Schedule hosting contents that relate to
Plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film “NESIPPAYA” 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 / web pages in writing:
(b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 21 – 26 from
infringing the cinematographic film “NESIPPAYA” 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 “NESIPPAYA” by copying, recording, reproducing or
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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 “NESIPPAYA”
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 “NESIPPAYA” through different mediums including
but not limited to CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc, VCD, cable TC, 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.M.Barath
for Mr.S.Karthikei Balan
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JUDGMENT
On instructions, learned counsel for the plaintiff states that he is
withdrawing the suit. He has made an endorsement to that effect.
2. Therefore, C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 is dismissed as
withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, O.A.Nos.35 and 36
of 2025 are closed.
05.03.2025
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Index : Yes / No
Internet : Yes / No
Neutral Citation: Yes / No
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SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J
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C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025
and O.A.Nos.35 & 36 of 2025
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