Madras High Court
M/S.National Khans Production vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 7 December, 2022
Author: C.Saravanan
Bench: C.Saravanan
C.S.(Comm.Div).No.222 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 07.12.2022
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.SARAVANAN
C.S.(Comm.Div.)No.222 of 2022
and
O.A.Nos.703 and 704 of 2022
M/s.National Khans Production,
Represented by its Authorised Signatory,
Mr.Siva Dharma
Having Office at No.7 & 8,
T.S.P.Road, Kalasipalayam,
Bangalore – 560 002. ... 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.
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4.Vodafone Idea Limited
(formerly Idea Cellular Limited),
Suman Tower, Plot No.18,
Sector 11,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382 011.
5.Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd,
9th Floor, Maker Chambers – IV,
222, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021.
6.Atria Convergence Technologies Private Limited,
Indian Express Building, 2nd and 3rd Floor,
No.1, Queen's Road, Bengaluru – 560 001.
7.Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited,
4th Floor, “Rahejas” Main Avenue,
Santacruz West, Mumbai – 400 054.
8.Tata Docomo,
2A, Old Ishwar Nagar,
Main Mathura Road,
New Delhi – 110 065.
9.Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, 2nd Floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Limited,
Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 851.
10.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited,
3A, 3rd Floor, 'Corpora', L.B.S.Marg,
Bhandup West, Mumbai – 400 078.
11.You Broadband & Cable India Limited,
Plot No.54, Marol Co-operative Industrial Estate,
Makwana, Andheri East, Mumbai – 400 059.
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12.Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited,
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City,
Navi Mumbai – 400 709.
13.Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd,
6th Floor, Block III, Delhi Technology Park,
Shastri Park, Delhi – 110 053.
14.Shyam Spectra Pvt.Ltd,
A-60, Naraina Industrial Area,
Phase – I, New Delhi – 110 028.
15.Sify Technologies Limited,
2nd Floor, 'Tidel Park',
No.4, Canal Road,
Taramani, Chennai – 600 113.
16.AT & T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd,
13th Floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House,
13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi – 110 001.
17.Peak Air Pvt Ltd,
No.36/567 G, Ananthapuri Building,
P.F.Road, Kaloor, Cochin – 682 017.
18.Knet Solutions Pvt Ltd (Cherrinet),
No.141, Prakash Towers, Ground Floor,
OMR, Thiruvanmiyur,
Chennai – 600 041.
19.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited,
No.18/7, 1st Floor, Postal Colony,
III Street, West Mambalam,
Chennai – 600 033.
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20.SITI Networks Limited,
Unit No.38, 1st Floor,
A Wing Madhu Industrial Estate,
P.B.Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400 013.
21.Andhra Pradesh State Fiber Net Limited,
3rd Floor, NTR Administrataive Block,
Pandit Nehru Bus Station, NH-65,
Vijayawada,
Andhra Pradesh – 520 001.
22.Raaj Internet (I) Private Limited,
Old No.12, New No.27,
Singanna Chetty Street, Chintadripet,
Chennai – 600 002.
23.Joister Infoserve Private Limited,
Shop No.4 Borivali Neelkamalco,
Daulat Nagar, RD No.10, Borivali East,
Mumbai – 400 066.
24.GTPL Hathway Ltd,
202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand, Shopping Center,
OPP.Swaminarayan Temple,
Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad – 380 004.
25.Ready Link Internet Service Limited,
Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakthi Colony,
RK Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore – 641 006.
26.Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad – 500 004.
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27.Excitel Broadband Private Limited,
Plot No.48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Estates,
Phase III, New Delhi – 110 020.
28.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited,
Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block,
Samrat Complex, Saifabad,
Hyderabad – 500 004.
29.Dawn Supports Private Limited,
39/4916/D3, Divans Tower, Karimpatta Cross Road,
Pallimukku, Kochi,
Ernakulam – 682 016.
30.Thalainagar Digital Cables (p) Ltd,
No.16, South Park Street,
Venkatapuram, Ambattur, Chennai – 600 053.
31.Cable Cast New Media Pvt Ltd,
26/1, 1st Floor, 3rd Cross Street,
Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar, Chennai – 600 020.
32.C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd,
Old No.284, New No.204,
Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah,
Chennai – 600 014.
33.Team 5 Network
13 M, Block AM Garden,
Mandaveli, Chennai – 600 028.
34.SND Satellite Vision,
New No.40/83/1, Muttiah Street Vellala,
Teynampet, Chennai – 600 086.
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35.Kerala Communicators Cable Limited,
No.47/64, 12th A Cross, Vyalikavil,
Malleshwaram, Bengaluru – 560 003.
36.Asianet Digital Network Private Limited,
2A, 2nd Floor, Leela Infopark, Technopark Limited,
Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 581.
37.DEN Networks Ltd,
236, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase – III,
New Delhi – 110 020.
38.Starvision Cable TV Network,
Krishnapriya Buildings, Kidangoor South,
Kottayam – 686 583. ... Defendants
Prayer: This Civil Suit 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 Courts,
Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts
Act, No.4 of 2016, prayed for a Judgment and Decree:-
a) For a Permanent Injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29
from infringing the cinematographic film “BANARAS” and said work be
directed to block all websites/web pages including websites mentioned in
Schedule hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff's copyright protected
cinematographic film “BANARAS” in any manner, thereby restraining the
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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 30-38 from
infringing the cinematographic film “BANARAS” 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
“BANARAS” 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 “BANARAS”
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 “BANARAS” 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.
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For Plaintiff : M/s.R.Roshini
for Vijayan Subramanian
For Defendants : No Appearance
JUDGMENT
The learned Counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this suit, and she has also made the following endorsement to that effect:
“These illegal websites are downloaded and seen all over the world including in Chennai. The part of cause of auction is arised from Chennai. Therefore, the suit is maintainable. Seeking also filed in leave to sue application”.
2. In view of the endorsement made by the learned Counsel for the plaintiff, this Civil Suit is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs.
Consequently, the connected Original Applications are closed.
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