Madras High Court
Mr.K.E.Ghanavelraja vs Government Of India Rep By on 6 February, 2017
Author: T.Raja
Bench: T.Raja
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 06.02.2017
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA
W.P.No.2575 of 2017 &
W.M.P.No.2534 of 2017
Mr.K.E.Ghanavelraja
Son of K.Eswaran .. Petitioner
-vs-
1 Government of India Rep by
its Principal Secretary Department of
Telecommunication Electronic Niketan 6
CGO Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi-110 003
2 Government of India
Rep by its Principal Secretary Dept. of
Electronics & Information Technology
Electronic Niketan 6 CGO Complex Lodhi
Road New Delhi-110 003
3 Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India(TRAI) Rep. by its Chairman
Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan Next to Zakir
Hussain College Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (Old
Minto Rd) New Delhi-2
4 Government of India
Represented by its Principal Secretary
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Udyog
Bhawan New Delhi - 110 107
5 Government of Tamil Nadu
Represented by its Principal Secretary
Information Technology Department Fort St.
George Chennai 600 009
6 Government of Tamil Nadu
Represented by its Principal Secretary
Home Department Fort St. George Chennai
600 009
7 Director General of Police
Government of Tamilnadu Chennai -600004
8 Internet Service Providers
Association of India (ISPAI) 612A
Chiranjiv Tower 43 Nehru Place New Delhi-
19.
9 Bharti Airtel Ltd
Chief Regulatory affairs Corp.Off: Airtel
Centre Tower-A 6th floor AWing Plot No.
16 Udyog Vihar Ph-IV Gurgaon-122016.
10 Reliance Communications
Infrastructure Ltd President Reliance
Centre A-Wing Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Marg
New Delhi-110002
11 Tata Communications Internet
Services Ltd Tower C 1st floor Plot No.C-
21 & C-36 G Block Bandra-Kurla Complex
bandra(E) Mumbai-400098
12 Tata Communications Limited
Regulatory Head VSB Bangla Sahib Road
New Delhi- 110001
13 Tata Internet Services Ltd
Company Secy.& Legal Mgr Technopolis
Knowledge Park Mahakali Caves road Chakala
Andheri(E) Mumbai-400093
14 Tata Teleservices(Maharashtra)
Ltd (Hughes Tele.com (I) Ltd (Hughes
Broadband Internet Service) Hemant Maple
No. 2-A Old Ishwar Nagar Main Mathura Road
New Delhi-110065
15 Tatanet Services Ltd
Director MIDC Electronic Zone Mahape
Navi Mumbai 400071
16 Vodafone Essar Gujarat Ltd
601 Saakar-II Ellisbridge Ahmedabad-
380006 (Guj.)
17 Dishnet Wireless Ltd
National Head Regulatory Regd.Off: Aircell
Limited Spencer Plaza 5th floor 769 Anna
Salai Chennai-600002
18 ABT Ltd
180 Race Course Road Coimbatore-641018
(Tamilnadu)
19 Advanced Financial Services
Pvt. Ltd 46 Avenue 4 Street No. 1
Banjara Hills Hyderabad (A.P.)- 500034
20 Adya Tech One Services Pvt.
Ltd Nehru Place Opp. Jagat Cinema Begum
Bridge Meerut (U.P.).
21 Aeroway Network Pvt.Ltd
#506 Landmark Complex 3rd floor
Viswamanava Double Road Kuvempunagar
Mysore-23 Karnataka.
22 Alliance Broadband Services
Pvt. R-89 CIT Road 2nd Floor Kolkata
700 014
23 Ankhnet Information Pvt.Ltd
II floor Khosla Nivas 57 Subhash Road
Vile Parle (East) Mumbai 400 057
24 Blazenet Ltd
20 Paraskunj Society Part I Satellite
Road Ahmedabad-15
25 Broadlane Networks Pvt. Ltd
Director B1 Saroj Arcade Patkar Road Near
Madhuban Cinema Dombivali (E) Thane
(Maharashtra) -421 201
26 BT Global Communications
India Pvt. Ltd. Director 11th floor Eros
Corporate Tower Opp. Inter -National Trade
Tower Nehru Place New Delhi.
27 Capture Network Systems Pvt
Ltd. B/217/Rolex Shopping Centre
Station Road Goregaon(W) Mumbai 62. Tele
No: 022-28754693.
28 Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing C-DAC (Electronics
(ER&DC) Head (Information Services)
Anusandhan Bhawan C-56/1 Institutional
Area Sector62 Noida-201307 UP
29 Chandra net Pvt.Ltd.
401 ParshwaTower Near Pakvan II S.G.
Highway Bodoakdev Ahmedabad 380054
Gujarat
30 Chemical and Metallurgical
Co.Ltd. Regd. Off: 25 Community Centre
East of Kailash New Delhi-110065.
31 City Online Services Ltd.
701 7th Floor Aditya Trade Center Ameerpet
Hyderabad-500 038.
32 CJ Online Pvt. Ltd.
Director C-109 Indl. Area Bulandshahr Road
PB No. 95 Ghaziabad-201001(U.P.)
33 CJM Consultancy Services Pvt.
Director 585 Jay Pee Complex Bank Street
Munirka New Delhi-110067 Tele No: 42398398-
103.
34 Compucom (I) Pvt. Ltd.
5A Tilak Marg C-Scheme Jaipur-302005
35 Conjoinex Technologies Pvt. Lt
SCO-91-92-93 Sector-34-A Chandigarh -
1600034.
36 Data Infosys Ltd.
Director Station Road Durgapura
Jaipur302018.
37 DelDSL Internet Pvt. Ltd.
101 Tower D Global Business Park Mehrauli-
Gurgaon Road Gurgaon- 122002.
38 DEN Networks Ltd.
236 Okhla Industrial Estate Phase-III New
Delhi-110 020.
39 Digital2Virtual ISP Pvt. Ltd.
5th floor Amin Chambers 85/B Sampatrao
Colony Alkapuri Vadodara 390 007.
40 Dream Plus Multi Services Pvt.
Ltd. C/o Paris Pair Health Club Jamai Road
Patna - 800001(Bihar).
41 Dreamzcraft Info Solutions Pvt
Ltd. 10/91 Mohit Nagar G.M.S. Road P.O.
New Forest Dehradun- 248006 (Uttarakhand)
42 Equant Network Services India
Pvt. Ltd. Regulatory Counsel 7th floor
Tower C Infinity Tower Cyber City Sector-
25 Gurgaon 122002.
43 Ernet India
Electronics Niketan 6 CGO Complex Lodi
Road New Delhi-110003.
44 Eronet Broadband Service India
Pvt. Ltd. 30/31 Uzhavan Street Uzhavan
Nagar Surampatti. P.O. ERODE . 638009.
45 Essel Shyam Communications Ltd
C-138 Naraina Industrial Area Naraina
New Delhi-110028.
46 F/X Wireless Technology
Service Pvt. Ltd. C/o Paris Pair Health
Club Jamai Road Patna - 800001(Bihar).
47 Fast Lynx Internet Service Pvt
Ltd. Opposite SBI Gurdev Nagar Branch
Near Sehenshah Palace Ferozpur Road
Ludhiana (Punjab).
48 Five Network Solution(India)
Ltd. Managing Director 22/2 Plot No.275-B
Near Guru Nanak School Sion(West) Mumbai -
400022.
49 Geocity Network solutions Pvt.
Ltd. Director Corp.Off: Somdutt Chambers-
II 9 Bikaji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066.
50 Godrej Infotech Ltd
General Manager Plant 10 Pirojshanagar
Vikhroli Mumbai-79.
51 Gomti Cable Network Pvt. Ltd.
6 La Place Bunglows Hazratganj Lucknow
226001.
52 GTL Limited
Sr. Manager - Network Media Opr Global
Vision ES II 412 Janambhoomi Chambers 29.
53 Guj Info Petro Ltd.(GIPL)
C.E.O. 3rd floor Info Tower-I Info City
Near Indroda Circle Airport Road
Gandhinagar- 382009.
54 Gujarat Narmada Valley
Fertilizers Co. Ltd.(GNFC) Sh. J.C.Bhatt P.
O. Narmadanagar-392015 Dist. Bharuch
Gujarat .
55 Gujarat Telelink Pvt. Ltd.
202 Sahajanad Complex Opp. BAPS
Swaminarayan Temple Shahibaug Ahmedabad-
380004.
56 Harisree Cable Net Pvt. Ltd
Gayatri Devi Rayman Complex thalassery
Thiruvangad Post Kerala
57 Hathway Bhawani
Managing Director 5th Floor Sanjona
Complex Hemu Kalani Marg Plot 11A Sindhi
Society Chembur Mumbai-71.
58 HCL Comnet Systems & Services
Ltd National Manager-Def.Projs. & Reg A
10/11 Sector 3 Noida-201 301 Gautam Budh
Nagar U.P
59 HCL Infinet Ltd
GM (Regiulations). E-4 Sector-11 Noida-201
301 UP
60 Home Systems Pvt Ltd.
Gaurav Annex A-17 R.R.T. Road Mulund West
Mumbai-80.
61 Honesty Net Solutions Pvt. Ltd
905 Silicon Tower 14/15 4th Floor Karia
Estate Station Road Bhandup (West) Mumbai-
78.
62 Hughes Communications India
Ltd Area in charge Regulatory Hughs
Communications India Ltd Plot No.1 Sector
18 Electroni City Gurgaon-122 015
63 ICAN Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Deepandkar Kumar 40 1st Floor Sai
Chambers Sec-11 CBD Belapur Navi
Mumbai(MH)
64 IKF Technologies Ltd
Manoj Rungta Rashmi Building Main Block
2nd Floor Plot XI-16 Block EP & GP Salt
Lake Electronic Complex Sector V Kolkata-
700 091
65 Indusind Media &Communications
Ltd Pooran Mittal In Centre. 49/50 MIDC
12th Floor Andheri (E) Mumbai-93.
66 Infotel Boradband Services Ltd
D-7 Dhawandeep Building 6 Jantar Mantar
Road New Delhi-1
67 Ishan Netsol Pvt. Ltd
313 Shivam Complex Dr.Yagnik Road Rajkot-
360001(Guj)
68 Karuturi Global Ltd
95/1 Naranahalli Village Doddabelvangala
Hobli Doddaballalpur Taluk Bangalore-561
203.
69 Kerala State Electronics
Development Corp. Ltd (Keltron) Keltron
House Vellayambalam thiruvanathapuram-695
033 Kerala
70 Khetan Cable Network Pvt. Ltd
95-FH Sch.No.54 Vijay Nagar Indore-452
010 (M.P)
71 Konark Infocom Pvt. Ltd
Ghaziabad SSA SD-243 Pitampura New Delhi-
110 088
72 Limras Eronet Braodband
Services Pvt. Ltd 164 Peters Road
Royapettah Chennai-14
73 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
Sr.Vice President (RA) 7th Floor Mahanagar
Doorsanchar Bhavan Old Minto Road New
Delhi-2
74 Manipal Ecommerce Ltd
(Manipal Control Data Electronic Commerce
Ltd) N-701 Manipal Centre 47 Dickenson
Road Bangaore Karnataka-560 042.
75 Maple Online Pvt. Ltd
G-35 Akash Ganga Complex Main Road PO
Mango Jamshedpur-831 012 (Jharkhand)
76 Meghbela Cable & Broadband
Services Pvt. Ltd. 35B/1B Raja Naba Krishna
Street Kolkata (W.B)-700 005
77 Micky Online Pvt. Ltd
Head Off: 211-B 2nd Floor Parsvnath Plaza-
I Delhi Road Moradabad-244 001.
78 Multinet (Udaipur) Pvt. Ltd
311 Midtown Business Centre Station Road
Uaiyapole Udaipur-313 001 Rajasthan
79 National Stock Exchange of
India Ltd Exchange Plaza Bandra Kurla
Complex Bandra (E) Mumbai-51.
80 Nelco Ltd
Div.Mgr-Opr Plot No.EL-6 Electronics Zone
MiDC TTC Industrial Area Mahape Navi
Mumbai-400 710 (Mah)
81 Netmagic Solutions (P) Ltd
Mehra Industrial Estate Asha Usha Compound
LSB Marg Vikhroli (West) Mumbai-79.
82 Nettlinx Ltd
Chandra Sekhar Pogula 54-9-22 3rd Floor
My Home Sarovar Plaza Secretariat Road
Saifabad Hyderabad-4 (AP)
83 Noida Software Technology
Park Ltd Head-ISP-D B-22-25 Pkt-C
Surajpur Ind. Area Greater Noida Gautam
Budh Nagar U.P.-201 306.
84 North East
Sreeram Dhayalen 117/1 2nd Main Road
Pai Layout Doorvani Nagar Post
Bangalore- 560016.
85 Oasis Cable Pvt. Ltd.
Civil Lines Batra Complex IInd Floor
Roorkee District-Haridwar (Uttarakhand)
86 Ortel Communication Ltd.
Corp.Off: C-1 Chandrashekharpur Behind R.M.
R.C. Near BDA Colony Bhubneshwar- -
751016 Orissa.
87 Pacific Internet (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Sr. Manager-Accounts Regd: 105 Sumer Kendra
Pandurang Budhkar Marg Worli Munbai
400018.
88 Pan India Network Infravest
Pvt.Ltd. Associate VP Technical
Operations 135 Continental Building
Dr. Annie Besant Road Worli Mumbai
400 018.
89 Pioneer eLabs Ltd. Pioneer
Towers 7th Floor P.No.16 S. No.64
Beside Vennenberg IT Park Software Unit
Layout APIIC Hi- Tech City Madhapur
Hyderabad-80
90 Power Grid Corporation of
India Ltd. Babu Varghese GM(Telecom)
Corp.Off: Saudamini Plot No.2
Sector-29 Gurgaon-122001.
91 Primenet Global Ltd.
Center Manager Business Park 25/2
Shivaji Marg Nazafgarh Road New
Delhi-110015
92 Pulse Telesystems Pvt. Ltd.
51/52 Real Towers 3rd Floor
Royapettah High Road Mylapore
Chennai 600004.
93 Quadrant Televentures Ltd.
(HFCL Infotel Ltd. ) Manager
Regulatory Affairs B-71 Industrial
Focal Point Phase- VII MOHALI
160055.
94 Quest Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
Director 302 Rajput Complex Opp
Ava Bai Ground Halar Road Valsad
396001
95 Rajesh Multichannel Pvt. Ltd.
41/2 Parvati Sadan Tilak Road
Ghatkopar (E) Mumbai 400077
96 Rajesh Patel Net Services Pvt.
Ltd. 10/5 M.G. Road Indore- 452 001 (M.P.)
97 Readylink internet Services
Link Galaxy Plot no 7 Sakhthi Colony
RK Puram Ganpathy Coimbatore
641006 (T.N.).
98 S&A Internet Services Pvt. Ltd
Rishabh Aditya C-21&C-36 GBlock Bandra
Kurla Complex Mumbai 400098.
99 S.S. Netcom Pvt.Ltd.
System Administrator S S Chambers Near St.
Peters School Dhankheti Shillong
Meghalaya 793003
100 Sab Industires Ltd. (Sab
Infotech) SCO 30-31 Sector 8-C Madhya
Marg First Floor Chandigarh
101 Sanchar Telenetwork (P) Ltd.
116 Madhavdarshan Waghawadi Road
Bhavnagar-364001 (Guj.)
102 Sanyog Networks Pvt. Ltd.
Collegetilla P/O. Agartata College
Agartala 799 004. Tripura.
103 Sify Technologies Ltd.
Pr. Regulatory Officer (Corporate Affairs)
258 Okhla Industrial Area Okhla Ph-III
New Delhi-110020.
104 Silicon Mountains(India) Ltd.
CHS Plot No.39 S.No.89/90 R.P.Nagar
Paud Road Kothurd Pune 411048.
105 Software Technology Park of
India (STPI) Director Electronics
Niketan 6 CGO Complex Lodhi Road
New Delhi 110003
106 Southern Online
Bio Technologies Ltd. Flat no. A3 3rd
floor office block Samrat Complex
Saifabad Hyderabad- 500004
107 Spacenet Internet Services
Pvt. Ltd. 509 Jaina Tower-1st Distt.
Centre Janakpuri New Delhi-110 058.
108 Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd.
President 42 Okhla Industrial Estate Phase
III New Delhi-110020
109 Spectrum Softech Solutions
Pvt ltd Chief Technology Officer Mahakavi G
Road Karikkamuri Kochi - 682011 Kerala.
110 Speed Online Net Pvt Ltd
Director 2/5 Galaxy Commercial Centre
Jawahar Road Rajkot- 360 001
111 Star Broad band Services (I)
Pvt LTd 19/48 Malcha Marg Commercial
Complex Chanakyapuri New Delhi-110021.
112 STN Communication &
Advertising Pvt Ltd Network Engineer GDSDS
Complex- 3 Dr. B. Baruah Road Ulubari
Guwahati-781007 (Assam).
113 Swastik Netvision Telecom
Pvt Ltd Safaria Complex Gujarat Society
Paldi Ahmedabad-380007
114 Swiftmail Communications Ltd
4E Century Plaza 560-562 Mount Road
Teynampet Chennai-600018
115 Symbois Creations Pvt Ltd
001 IT Complex Behind Town Hall Dimapur
Nagaland.
116 Syscon Infoway Pvt Ltd
136 Shiv Shakti Industrial Primises
Andheri Kurla Road Marol Andheri(East)
Mumbai-400059.
117 Tikona Digital Networks Pvt
Ltd Nodal Officer & Head (Compliances) 3A
3rd floor Corpora L.B.S.Marg Bhandup(West)
Mumbai-400078
118 Touch Net India Pvt Ltd
84 First floor Sector-17 HUDA Market
Gurgaon-122001. Tele No: 0124-4019695.
119 Trans Virtual Pvt Ltd
Ist floor Golden Woods Sunderpur R.G.B.
Road Guwahati 781005.
120 Trikon Electronics Pvt Ltd
Director 101 1st Floor Sarvesh Apartment
Bhawani Shankar Road Dadar West Mmbai-400
028.
121 Tulip IT Services Ltd
C-160 Okhla Industrial Area Ph-I
New Delhi-20.
122 United Telecom Ltd
House No.896 Vijay Nagar Alto-torda
Porvorim Bardez Goa 403521.
123 Urban Communications
Infrastructure Pvt Ltd Office No. D-404
NMSEZ Comm Complex Plot No. 6 Sector No.
11D Navi Mumbai Raigarh 400702
124 Value Healthcare Ltd
101-A Neelam Centre Hind Cycle Road Worli
Mumbai-400 030
125 Vasai Cable Pvt Ltd
Director 154 Golder Park Commercial
Complex Sai Nagar Vasai Road(W)
126 Vcar Call Centres India
Pvt Ltd E-25 Sector-63 NOIDA-201301. Regd.
Off: 505 Chiranjiv Tower Nehru Place New
Delhi-110019.
127 Wan and Lan Internet
Pvt Ltd C-13 First Floor Satyam Shopping
Centre M.G.Road Ghatkkopar(E) Mumbai-
400077.
128 West Bengal Electronics
Industry Development Corp Ltd Webel Bhavan
Block EP & GP Sector V Salt Lake
Electronics Complex Bidhannagar Kolkata-
700091
129 Wire and Wireless India Ltd
Corp. Off: Essel House B-10 Lawrence Road
Industrial Area New Delhi-110035.
130 Wish Net Pvt Ltd
86 Golaghata Road Kolkata- 700 048.
131 World Phone Internet Services
P Ltd C-153 Okhla Industrial Area Phase
I New Delhi-110020
132 Yashash Cable Network Pvt Ltd
2713/4 Lakshmi Building Adepampa Road V.V.
Mohalla Mysore-570002(ktk.)
133 You Broadband & Cable India
Ltd 2 & 3rd floor Iqara Centre Nr.
Gujarat gas circle. Adajan-Hazaria Road
Surat-395009.
134 Zylog Systems (India) Limited
155 Thivalluvar Salai Kumaran Nagar
Sholinganallur Chennai 600119.
135 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
Regulation Cell 5th floor Harish Chandra
Mathur Lane Janpath New Delhi-110001
136 Reliance Wimax Limited
Vice President Reliance Centre A-Wing
Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Marg
New Delhi-110002 ..Respondents
Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Mamdamus directing the respondents 1 to 7 to take strict and stringent action in accordance with law to ensure that respondents 8 to 136 adhere to the terms and conditions of their licenses and consequently ensure that they block web-sites mentioned in the Schedule to the writ petition and other similar websites indulging in online piracy and infringement of copyright pertaining to the film SI-III indulging in piracy and infringement of new films and more particularly prohibit them in territorial jurisdiction of India from exhibiting releasing projecting screening or in any manner providing platforms for downloading the film SI-III which is already censored and slated for release on 9th February 2017.
For Petitioner : Mr.B.Gurumurthy
For Respondents : Mr.C.V.Ramachandramurthy, for R1 to R4
Mr.M.Elumalai, Government Advocate
for R5 to R7
ORDER
The writ petition has been filed seeking issuance of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 7 to take strict and stringent action in accordance with law to ensure that respondents 8 to 136 adhere to the terms and conditions of their licenses and consequently ensure that they block web-sites mentioned in the Schedule to the writ petition and other similar websites indulging in online piracy and infringement of copyright pertaining to the film SI-III indulging in piracy and infringement of new films and more particularly prohibit them in territorial jurisdiction of India from exhibiting releasing projecting screening or in any manner providing platforms for downloading the film SI-III which is already censored and slated for release on 9th February 2017.
2.When the matter was taken up today, the Court posed a question to the learned counsel appeareing for the petitioner as to how the interim relief sought for to grant injunction against the private respondents Nos.8 to 136 is maintainable?.
3.Learned counsel for the petitioner sought permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to agitate the matter in the manner known to law and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.
4.In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to workout his right in the manner known to law. Consequently, connected misellaneous petition is dismissed.
06.02.2017
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Index : Yes/No
Office Note: Issue Order Copy on 06.02.2017
To
1 Government of India Rep by
its Principal Secretary Department of
Telecommunication Electronic Niketan 6
CGO Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi-110 003
2 Government of India
Rep by its Principal Secretary Dept. of
Electronics & Information Technology
Electronic Niketan 6 CGO Complex Lodhi
Road New Delhi-110 003
3 Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India(TRAI) Rep. by its Chairman
Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan Next to Zakir
Hussain College Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (Old
Minto Rd) New Delhi-2
4 Government of India
Represented by its Principal Secretary
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Udyog
Bhawan New Delhi - 110 107
5 Government of Tamil Nadu
Represented by its Principal Secretary
Information Technology Department Fort St.
George Chennai 600 009
6 Government of Tamil Nadu
Represented by its Principal Secretary
Home Department Fort St. George Chennai
600 009
7 Director General of Police
Government of Tamilnadu Chennai -600004
T.RAJA, J.
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W.P.No.2575 of 2017
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W.M.P.No.2534 of 2017
06.02.2017