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C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 2025IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED :17.12.2025CORAM : THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHYC.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 2025and O.A.Nos.950 & 951 of 2025Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd.,201 & 202, 2nd Floor, Supreme Chambers,Off Veera Desai Road, 17/18 Shah Industrial Estate,Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 053, IndiaBranch Office at No.225, OppositeSpencers Plaza, Anna Salai, Chennai,Tamil Nadu 600 002.Represented by its Authorized SignatoryMs.Rakhee Bajpai .. Plaintiffvs. 1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bharath Sanchar Bhavan,Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi-110001.2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.,5th Floor, Mahanagar Door Sanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, LodhiRoad, New Delhi-110003.Page 1 of 8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 20253. Bharti Airtel Limited,Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, VasantKunj, Phase II, New Delhi - 110 070.4. Hathway Cable and 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 400070.6. 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.Page 2 of 8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 202512. 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 110033 IN.14. You Broadband and 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, LeelaInfopark, 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 & T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd.,13th floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110 001.Page 3 of 8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 202522. Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited,Flat no. A3, 3rd floor, office block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500004.23.Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., 9th Floor, Maker Chambers - IV, 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021, India.24.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor, #156, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai - 600 010.25.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor, Old No.156, new no.205, Poonamalle 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 - 110019, India.28.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd., A/301-303, Everest Grand, 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.Page 4 of 8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 202530. Action LaneNo 16, No. 1A Kalpana Apartments, 1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board,Adyar, Chennai – 600020.31. 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... DefendantsPrayer : 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 from infringing the cinematographic film “HOMEBOUND” 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 “HOMEBOUND” in any manner, thereby restraining the unauthorised copying, transmission, communication or Page 5 of 8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 2025make 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 “HOMEBOUND” 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 “HOMEBOUND” 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 “HOMEBOUND” 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 “HOMEBOUND” 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.S.Deepak for M/s.P.K.Law FirmPage 6 of 8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 2025For D3 : Mr.P.J.RishikeshJUDGMENTLearned 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.251 of 2025 is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, connected O.A.Nos.950 & 951 of 2025 stand closed. 17.12.2025Index : Yes / NoInternet : Yes / NoNeutral Citation: Yes / NokjPage 7 of 8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 2025SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J.kjToBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bharat Sanchar Bhavan,Harish Chandra Mathur Lane,Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001.C.S.(Comm.Div)No.251 of 2025and O.A.Nos.950 & 951 of 202517.12.2025Page 8 of 8