Madras High Court
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on 15 December, 2020
Author: C.V.Karthikeyan
Bench: C.V.Karthikeyan
C.S.No.274 of 2020 and O.A.Nos.504, 505 of 2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 15.12.2020
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN
C.S.No.274 of 2020
and O.A.Nos.504, 505 of 2020
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
Zee Plex, No.33B, Olympia Platina,
1st & 2nd Floor, SIDCO Industrial Estate,
Guindy, Chennai 600 032
Represented by its Power Agent
Ms.N.Dhanya ... 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 110003.
3.Bharti Airtel Limited,
Bharti Crescent 1, Nelson Mandela Road,
Vasant Kunj, Phase II,
New Delhi - 110 070.
4.Aircel Cellular Limited,
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5th Floor, Spencer Plaza,
769, Anna Salai,
Chennai - 600 002.
5.Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited,
4th Floor, "Rahejas",
Main Avenue, Santacruz (W),
Mumbai - 400 054.
6.Tata Communication Limited,
Vsb, Mahatma Gandhi Road Fort Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400001.
7.Vodafone India Limited,
Peninsula Corporate Park,
Ganpatrao Kadam Marg,
Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 013.
8.Idea Cellular Limited,
Suman Tower, Plot No.18,
Sector 11, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat - 382 011.
9.Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited,
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City,
Navi Mumbai 400 079.
10.Tata Teleservices Ltd.,
2A Old Ishwar Nagar,
Main Mathura Nagar,
New Delhi 110065.
11.Syscon Infoway Pvt. Ltd.,
402, fourth floor, skyline icon,
Andheri Kurla Road, Behind Mittal ind. estate,
Andheri east, Mumbai - 400 059.
12.GTPL Hathway Ltd.,
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202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand
Shopping Center, Opp.
Swaminarayan Temple,
Shahibaugh,
Ahmedabad - 380004.
13.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited,
Office 3A, 3rd Floor,
LBS Marg, Bhandup (West),
Mumbai - 400 078.
14.BG Broadband India Private Limited,
711, Sakar 2, Ashram Rd,
Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad,
Gujarat 380 009.
15.Sify Technologies Limited,
2nd Floor, 'TIDEL PARK',
No.4, Canal Bank Road,
Chennai - 600 113.
16.Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd.,
B-10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area,
New Delhi North West
DL 110035 IN.
17.You Broadband & Cable India Ltd.,
2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre,
Near Gujarat Gas Circle,
Adajan - Hazaria Road,
Surat - 395 009.
18.Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, II floor, Leela Infopark,
Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695 581.
19.Data Infosys Limited,
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Station Road, Durgapura,
Jaipur 30.
20.Readylink internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot no.7, Sakhthi Colony,
RK Puram, Ganapathy,
Coimbatore - 641 006.
21.Opto Network Private Limited,
B-86, Sector - 14,
Noida - 201301,
Uttar Pradesh,
India.
22.Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd floor,
My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad - 500 004.
23.City Online Services Limited,
701, 7th Floor,
Aditya Trade Center, Ameerpet,
Hyderabad - 500 038.
24.Pioneer eLabs Limited,
Pioneer Towers, 7th Floor,
Plot No.16, Survey No.64,
Software Unit Layout,
APIIK, i-Tech City, Madhapur,
Hyderabad: 500 080.
25.AT & 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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26.Nextgen Communications Limited,
Thachil Complex,
No.10, 3rd floor, Raja Annamalai Road,
Saibaba Mission Post,
Coimbatore - 641 011, Tamilnadu, India.
27.Virgo Global Media Limited,
101, Achyuth Mazar, H.No.:7-1-621/48,
S.R.Nagar, Hyderabad,
Telangana 500 038.
28.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited,
Flat no.A3, 3rd floor, Office block,
Samrat Complex, Saifabad,
Hyderabad - 500 004.
29.MyNet Services India Private Limited,
#12, I floor, IV cross,
Gandhipuram, Pallipalayam,
Erode - 638 006.
30.Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.,
9th Floor, Maker Chambers - IV,
222, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021, India.
31.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited,
Doshi Towers. First Floor,
#156, Poonamalle High Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai - 600 010.
32.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited,
No.18/7, First Floor, Postal Colony 2nd Street,
West Mambalam,
Chennai 600 033,
Tamil Nadu.
33.Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd.,
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Plot No.21-22, 3rd Floor,
Udyog Vihar, Phase IV,
Gurgaon - 122 015.
34.Pulse Telesystems Private Limited,
51/52, Read Towers,
3rd Floor Royapettah High Road,
Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.
35.Essel Shyam Communications Ltd.,
1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor,
89, Nehru Place New Delhi - 110019, India.
36.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd.,
22/2, Plot No.275 - B,
Gurunanak School Compound,
Sion (West), Mumbai 400022.
India.
37.Atria Convergence Technologies Limited,
Indian Express Building,
No.1, 2nd Floor,
Queen's Road, Bengaluru - 560 001,
Karnataka.
Also at
No.17/68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street
New Colony, T.Nagar,
Chennai 600 017.
38.Action Lane,
No.16, No.1A Kalpana Appartments,
1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board,
Adyar, Chennai - 600 020.
39.Jak Communications Pvt. Ltd.,
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No.4, J Block, Near 6th Avenue,
Anna Nagar East,
Chennai - 600 102.
40.C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd.,
Old No.284, New No.204,
Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah,
Chennai - 600 014.
41.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd.,
No.9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop,
Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031.
42.Thiru Nagar Satellite Vision Pvt. Ltd.,
No.149/80 Vijaya Theatre Complex,
Behind Kasi Theatre,
Pillaiyar Koil Street,
Jafferkhanpet,
Chennai - 600 083. ... Defendants
PRAYER : Plaint 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
and 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, to grant a
Judgment and Decree on the following terms:-
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(a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 37 from
infringing the cinematographic film "Ka Pae Ranasingam" 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 "Ka Pae Ranasingam" 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/webpages in
writing;
(b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 38-42 from
infringing the cinematographic film "Ka Pae Ranasingam" 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 "Ka Pae Ranasingam" by copying, recording,
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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 "Ka Pae Ranasingam" 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 "Ka Pae
Ranasingam" 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.Arun C.Mohan
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JUDGMENT
On 30.11.2020 the Letter had been addressed by the learned counsel for the plaintiff to the Registrar (Original Side Commercial Division of Madras High Court).
2. The Letter is extracted below:
"AAM/RS/1603/ The Registrar, Original Side Commercial Division Madras High Court Chennai.
Dear Sir, Ref: Madras High Court - CS (Commercial) No.274 of 2020 - Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., - V - Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited & 41 others.
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We write on behalf of the Plaintiff in the above captioned matter.
We hereby withdraw the Civil Suit (Commercial Division) No.274 of 2020 as per out client's instructions. 10/12 http://www.judis.nic.in C.S.No.274 of 2020 and O.A.Nos.504, 505 of 2020 The said suit and injunction are listed for hearing before Hon'ble Mr.Justice C.V.Karthikeyan on 30th November 2020.
Kindly take this as an endorsement and do the needful.
Yours faithfully, sd/----
(ARUN C.MOHAN) Counsel for Plaintiff."
3. In view of the same, the C.S.No.274 of 2020 is dismissed as withdrawn and the connected O.A.Nos.504, 505 of 2020 are also dismissed.
No order as to costs.
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