Ms Dawn Pictures Private Limited v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and 25 Others

Page1 of 6 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 18-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY and O.A.Nos.21 and 22 of 2026 Ms Dawn Pictures Private Limited Rep by its Director, Mr.Aakash Baskaran, Having Office at Flat B2, La Gracia, No.5 and 7, K.B. Dasan Road,Alwarpet,Chennai - 18 ..Plaintiff Vs

¶1Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi-110001

¶2Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 5th Floor, Mahanagar Doorsanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003

¶3Bharati Airtel Limited Bharati Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi 110 070

¶4Vodafone Idea Limited Formerly Idea Cellular Limited Suman Tower, Plot no 18, Sector 11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 010

¶5Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited 3A, 3rd Floor, Corpora, L B S Marg, Bhandup West, Mumbai 400 078

¶6You Broadband And Cable India Limited Plot No 54, Marol Co operative Industrial Estate, Makwana, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 059 Page2 of 6

¶7Rail Tel Corporation Of India Ltd 6th Floor, Block Ill, Delhi Technology Park, Shastri Park, Delhi 110 053

¶8Shyam Spectra Pvt Ltd A -60, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase I, New Delhi 110 028

¶9Sify Technologies Limited 2nd Floor, Tidel Park, No 4, Canal Road, Taramani, Chennai 600 113

¶10At And T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd 13th Floor, 1305 06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi 110 001

¶11Peak Air Pvt Ltd No 36/567 G, Ananthapuri Building, PF Road, Kaloor, Cochin 682 017

¶12Knet Solutions Pvt Ltd Cherrinet, No 141, Prakash Towers, Ground Floor, OMR, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041

¶13Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited No 18/7, 15th Floor, Postal Colony, Il Street, West Mambalam, Chennai 600 033

¶14Raaj Internet I Private Limited Old No 12, New No 27, Singanna Chetty Street, Chintadripet, Chennai 600 002

¶15Joister Infoserve Private Limited Shop No 4 Borivali Neelkamalco, Daulat Nagar, RD No 10, Borivali East, Mumbai 400

¶16Ready Link Internet Service Limited Galaxy, Plot No 7, Sakthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore 641 006 Page3 of 6

¶17Nettlinx Limited 5 9 22, 3th Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004

¶18Excitel Broadband Private Limited Plot No 48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Estates, Phase I, New Delhi 110 020

¶19Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited Flat No A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004

¶20Dawn Supports Private Limited 39/4916/ D3, Divans Tower, Karimpatta Cross Road, Pallimukku, Kochi, Ernakulam 682 016

¶21Thalainagar Digital Cables P Ltd No 16, South Park Street, Venkatapuram, Ambattur, Chennai 600 053

¶22Cable Cast New Media Pvt Ltd 26/1, 1st Floor, 3rd Cross Street, Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar Chennai 600 020

¶23C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd Old No 284, New No 204, Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai 600 014

¶24Team 5 Network 13 M, Block AM Garden, Mandaveli, Chennai 600 028

¶25SND Satellite Vision New No 40/83/1, Muttiah Street Vellala, Teynampet, Chennai 600 086

¶26Star Vision Cable Tv Network Krishnapriya Buildings, Kidangoor South, Kottayam 686583 ..Defendants Page4 of 6 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 61(1) and 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of The Commercial Courts Act praying to grant a judgment and decree on the following terms: a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 20 and other known and unknown persons/ entities from infringing the cinematographic film PARASAKTHI and said work by blocking all websites / web pages mentioned in schedule hosting contents that relate to the plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film PARASAKTHI 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 through their services immediate of receipt of details of such infringing websites/web pages and further direct the defendants 1 to 20 to block mirror, alphanumeric, redirecting and proxy version of the infringing websites. b) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants 21 to 26 from infringing the cinematographic film PARASAKTHI 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 PARASAKTHI by copying, recording, reproducing or allowing cam-cording 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 PARASAKTHI and said work without a proper license from the plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate/infringe the plaintiff copyrighted Page5 of 6 cinematographic film PARASAKTHI 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, pend 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.M.Dhanush for Mr.Vijayan Subramanian 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.10 of 2026 is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, connected O.A.Nos.21 and 22 of 2025 stand closed. 18-02-2026 Index: Yes/No mmi Page6 of 6

SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J. mmi To

¶1Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi-110001.

2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 5th Floor, Mahanagar Doorsanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003. 18-02-2026