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Madras High Court
Mr Y.Pondurai Alias Legend Saravanan vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited And 25 ... on 29 April, 2026
Author: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
Bench: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 104 of 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 29.04.2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 104 of 2026
and
O.A.Nos.295 and 296 of 2026
Mr Y.Pondurai Alias Legend Saravanan
Represented by its Power Of Attorney ,
Mr.T.Stanly,
Having office at No.129,
North Usman Road, T.Nagar,
Chennai-600 017
..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. Bharati Airtel Limited
Bharati Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road,
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 382 010
5. Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited
3A, 3th Floor, Corpora, L B S Marg, Bhandup
West, Mumbai 400 078
6. You Broadband And Cable India Limited
Plot No 54, Marol Co operative Industrial
Estate, Makwana, Andheri East,
Mumbai 400 059
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7. Rail Tel Corporation Of India Ltd
6th Floor, Block Ill, 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 And 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
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, Il 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
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18. Excitel Broadband Private Limited
Plot No 48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial
Estates, Phase I, 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, 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. Starvision Cable Tv Network
Krishnapriya Buildings, Kidangoor South,
Kottayam 686 583
..Defendants
Plaint 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) and 62 of The Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment)
Act, 2012 and Section 7 of The Commercial Courts Act, 2015, praying to
grant a judgment and decree on the following terms:
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(a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 20
and other known and unknown persons / entities from infringing the
cinematographic film “LEADER” and said work by blocking all websites I
web pages mentioned in Schedule hosting contents that relate to the
Plaintiff’s copyright protected cinematographic film “LEADER” 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 and further direct the Defendants 1 - 20
to block mirror, alphanumeric, redirecting and proxy version of the
infringing websites.;
(b) A Permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 21 to 26
from infringing the cinematographic film “LEADER” 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 “LEADER” 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
“LEADER” and said Work without a proper license from the Plaintiff or in
any other manner which would violate! infringe the Plaintiff copyrighted
cinematographic film “LEADER” 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; and
(c) for costs of the suit
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C.S(COMM DIV) No. 104 of 2026
For Plaintiff: Mr.Guruprasad
for M/s.Vijayan Subramanian
JUDGMENT
Learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that he has been instructed
to withdraw the suit. He has made an endorsement for that purpose.
Therefore, the suit is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to
costs. Consequently, connected applications are closed.
29.04.2026
Index: Yes/No
Neutral Citation: Yes/No
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SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J.
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29.04.2026
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