Madras High Court
Super Cassettes Industries Pvt.Ltd vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 19 July, 2024
Author: P.Velmurugan
Bench: P.Velmurugan
Civil Suit (Comm.Div.) No.99 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated : 19.07.2024
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE Mr. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN
Civil Suit (Comm.Div.) No. 99 of 2024
and
O.A.Nos.380 and 381 of 2024
Super Cassettes Industries Pvt.Ltd.
Plot No. B-14, T-Towers, Opp.Citi Mall
New Link Road, Andheri (W)
Mumbai – 400 053
Alo a branch office at
No.101, Santhome High Road
Santhome, Mylapore
Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 004
Rep.by its Authorised Signatory
Ms.Mita Suresh Choudhary. ... 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 Door Sanchar Sadan
9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003.
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3. Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road,
Vasant Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi – 110 070.
4. Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited
05/806, 8th Floor, Windsor
Off. CST Road, Kalina
Santacruz (East)
Mumbai – 400 098.
5. Tatal Communication Limited
Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road For Mumbai
Maharastra – 400 001.
6. Vodafone India Limited
Suman Tower, Plot No.18,
Sector – 11, Gandhinagar
Gujarat – 382 011.
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 110 001.
9. GTPL Hathway Ltd.
202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand,
Shopping Centre, Opp.Swaminarayan Temple,
Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad – 380 004.
10. Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited
Office 3A, 3rd Floor, LBS Marg,
Bhandup (West), Mumbai - 400 078.
11. BG Broadband India Private Limited,
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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.
13. Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd.
B-10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area,
New Delhi North West DL 110 033 IN.
14. You Broadband & Cable India Ltd.
2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre,
Near Gujarat Gas Circle,
Adajan Hazaria Road, Surat – 395 009.
15. Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, II Floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Jerala – 695 581.
16. Data Infosys Limited
Station Road, Durgapuram,
Jaipur 302 018.
17. Readylink Internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot No.7, Sakhthi Colony,
RK Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore – 641 006.
18. Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad – 500 004.
19. City Online Services Limited
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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 : 500 080.
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 - 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 # 156, New # 205,
Poonamallee High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010.
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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.
22/2, Plot No.275-B
Gurunanak School Compound
Sion (West), Mumbai – 400 022
India.
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 – 600 020.
31. Jak Communications Pvt. Ltd.
No.4 J Block, Near 6th Avenue
Anna Nagar East
Chennai – 600 102.
32. C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd.
Old No.284, New No.204
Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah
Chennai – 600 014.
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33. Thamizhaga Cable TV Communications Pvt. Ltd.
No.9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop
Chetpet, Chennai – 600 031. .. Defendants
Civil Suit has been filed under Order VII Rule I of the Code of
Civil Procedure, 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of 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, prays for judgment and decree on the
following terms :
a) a permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 29 from
infringing the cinematographic film ''SAVI'' 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 plaintiff's copyright protected
cinematographic film ''SAVI'' 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 30 – 33 or any
other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film ''SAVI''
by themselves, their partners/proprietor/director, heirs, representative,
successors in business, assigns, distributors, agents, servants or anyone
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claiming through them or under them from infringing the plaintiff's
copyrighted cinematographic film ''SAVI'' 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 ''SAVI'' 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 ''SAVI''
through different mediums including but not limited to CD, DVD, Blu-
ray disc, VCD cable TV, direct to home service, 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.
For Plaintiff : Ms.Helen Aradhana S.
For Defendants : Mr.P.J.Rishikesh for D3
JUDGMENT
The learned counsel appearing for plaintiff sought permission of this Court to withdraw the present civil suit and she has also made an endorsement to that effect.
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2. In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the plaintiff, this Civil Suit is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected applications are closed.
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