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Madras High Court

Dharma Productions Pvt Ltd vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited And 32 ... on 30 March, 2026

Author: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy

Bench: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy

                                                                 C.S. (Comm.Div.) No.333 of 2025



                                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                                 DATED: 30.03.2026

                                                      CORAM

                         THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY

                                          C.S. (Comm.Div.) No.333 of 2025
                                          and O.A.Nos.1202 & 1203 of 2025

                      Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd.,
                      201 & 202, 2nd Floor, Supreme Chambers,
                      Off Veera Desai Road,
                      17/18, Shah Industrial Estate,
                      Andheri (West) Mumbai – 400 053, India

                      Branch Office at:
                      No.225, Opposite Spencers Plaza,
                      Anna Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 002
                      represented by its Authorised Signatory
                      Ms.Rakhee Bajpai                                         .. Plaintiff


                                                         vs


                     1 Bharath 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 Lodhi Road, 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 & 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 – 400 070.

                     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 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 Networks 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 & 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, 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.

                     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 And T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd
                        13th Floor 1305-06 Mohan Dev House
                        13 Tolstoy Marg New Delhi - 110 001.


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                     22 Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited
                        Flat No.A3 3rd Floor Office Block
                       Samrat Complex Saifabad
                       Hyderabad - 500 004.

                     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 Poonamallee High Road Kilpauk , Chennai - 600 010.


                     25 RS Broadband Service India Private Limited
                        Doshi Towers First Floor, Old No.156 New No.205
                        Poonamallee High Road Kilpauk Chennai 600 010.


                     26 Spectra ISP Networks Pvt Ltd
                       Plot No.21-22 3rd Floor Udyog Vihar
                       Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015.

                     27 Essel Shyam Communications Ltd
                       1121 Hemkunt Chambers 11th Floor
                       89 Nehru Place New Delhi - 110 019 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 - 600 017.

                     30 Action Lane
                        No 16 No 1A Kalpana Apartments 1st Street
                        Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board
                        Adyar Chennai – 600020.
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                     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, 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 infringing the cinematographic film “TU
                     MERI MAIN TERA MAIN TERA TU MERI ” 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 “TU MERI MAIN TERA MAIN TERA
                     TU MERI ” in any manner, thereby restraining the unauthorised copying,

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                     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 Defendants 30 to 33 or any
                     other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film “TU
                     MERI MAIN TERA MAIN TERA TU MERI” 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 “TU MERI MAIN TERA MAIN
                     TERA TU MERI ”                 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
                     “TU MERI MAIN TERA MAIN TERA TU MERI ” 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
                     “TU MERI MAIN TERA MAIN TERA TU MERI” 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                :     Mr.S.Deepak
                                                        for M/s.P.K.Law Firm


                                                      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. Therefore, C.S.(Comm.Div)No.333 of 2025 is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, connected O.A.Nos.1202 & 1203 of 2025 stand closed.

30.03.2026 Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No Neutral Citation: Yes / No kj To Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001.

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