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Madras High Court
Maddock Films Private Limited vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 7 January, 2026
Author: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
Bench: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED :07.01.2026
CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S.(Comm.Div)No.263 of 2025
and O.A.Nos.987 & 988 of 2025
Maddock Films Private Limited,
163, Central Avenue, Santacruz West,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400054,
Also having their branch office at No.2, Club House Road,
Chennai- 600002
Represented by its Authorised Signatory Ms.Nandini Kumar.
.. Plaintiff
vs.
1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
Bharath Sanchar Bhavan,
Harish Chandra Mathur Lane,
Janpath, New Delhi-110001.
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,
VasantKunj, Phase II, New Delhi - 110 070.
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4. Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited,
802, 8 th 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 No18, 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, Jeevan Bharati,
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. Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 059.
12. Sify Technologies Limited,
2nd Floor, TIDEL PARK, No. 4, Canal Bank Road,
Chennai - 600 113.
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13. Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd.,
B - 10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area,
New Delhi North West, DL 110033 IN.
14. You Broadband and Cable India Ltd,
2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre,
Near Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan-Hazaria Road,
Surat – 395009.
15. Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, II floor, LeelaInfopark, 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.
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.
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23. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited,
9th floor Maker Chambers IV,
222, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021.
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.
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.
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32. C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd.,
old No. 284, New No. 204,
Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.
33. Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd.,
No. 9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop,
Chetpet, Chennai – 600031. .. Defendants
Prayer : Plaint is filed under Order VII Rule 1 of the CPC, 1908 and Order IV
Rule 1 of the High Court 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, praying to grant a
judgment and decree on the following terms:-
(a) A permanent injunction restraining 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 “THAMMA”
and said work be directed to block all websites / web pages and future websites
(including their prefix and suffix) and those non-complaint websites mentioned
in Schedule - A hosting contents that relate to the Plaintiff's copyright protected
cinematographic film “THAMMA” 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;
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(b) A permanent injunction restraining Defendants 30 to 33 or any other
person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film “THAMMA” 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 “THAMMA” by copying, recording,
reproducing or allowing camcording 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 “THAMMA” 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 “THAMMA” 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.S.Deepak for M/s.P.K.Law Firm
For D3 : Mr.P.J.Rishikesh
JUDGMENT
Learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that he has been instructed to
withdraw the suit. He has made an endorsement for the said purpose.
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Therefore, C.S.(Comm.Div)No.263 of 2025 is dismissed as withdrawn without
any order as to costs. Consequently, connected O.A.Nos.987 & 988 of 2025
stand closed.
07.01.2026
Index : Yes / No
Internet : Yes / No
Neutral Citation: Yes / No
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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.263 of 2025
and O.A.Nos.987 & 988 of 2025
07.01.2026
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