Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and 32 Others

Page1 of 7 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 29.04.2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY and O.A. Nos.95 and 96 of 2026 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited 18th Floor, A Wing, Marathon Futurex N.M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel Mumbai 400 013 And also branch office at No. 33B, Olympia Platina, 2nd Floor SIDCO Industrial Estate, Chennai 600 032 Rep by its Power Agent Mr.Akshay Mahadik ..Plaintiff Vs

¶1Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001

¶2Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 5th Floor, Mahanagar Door Sanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, LodhiRoad, New Delhi 110 003

¶3Bharti Airtel Limited Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, VasantKunj, Phase II, New Delhi - 110 070

¶4Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited 802, 8TH floor, Interface-11, Link Road, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 064

¶5Tata Communication Limited Tower 4, 4th to 8th Floor, Equinox Business Park, LBS Marg, Kurla West Mumbai-400 070 Page2 of 7

¶6Vodafone India Limited, Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector-11, Gandhinagar Gujarat 382 011

¶7Idea Cellular Limited Suman Tower, Plot No. 18, Sector 11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382 011.

¶8Tata Teleservices Ltd, 10th Floor, Tower I, JeevanBharati, 124 Connaught Circus New Delhi 110 001.

¶9GTPL Hathway Ltd 202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand Shopping Centre, Opp.Swaminarayan Temple, Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad – 380 004

¶10Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, Office 3A, 3rd Floor Corpora, LBS Marg, Bhandup West, Mumbai - 400 078.

¶11BG Broadband India Private Limited, Plot No. 54, Marol Industrial Cooperative Area, Off. AndheriKurla Road, Andheri

(East), Mumbai 400 059

¶12Sify Technologies Limited, 2nd Floor, TIDEL PARK, No. 4, Canal Bank Road, Chennai -600 113.

¶13Siti Broadband Services Pvt,Ltd B - 10, Lawrence Road, Industrial Area, New Delhi North West DL 110 033 IN

¶14You Broadband and Cable India Ltd, 2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre, Near Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan-Hazaria Road, Surat-395 009

¶15Asianet Satellite Communications, 2A, II floor, LeelaInfopark, Technopark Limited, Kazhakkoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – 695 581.

¶16Data Infosys Limited, Station Road, Durgapura, Jaipur 302 018. Page3 of 7

¶17Readylink internet Services Limited, Galaxy, Plot no 7, Sakhthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore – 641 006.

¶18Nettlinx Limited, 5-9-22, 3rd floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500004

¶19City Online Services Limited, 701, 7th Floor, Aditya Trade Center, Ameerpet, Hyderabad-500 038.

¶20Pioneer eLabs Limited, Pioneer Towers, 17th Floor, Plot No.16, Survey No.64, Software Unit Layout, APIIk, i-Tech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad-500080

¶21AT and T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd, 13th floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110 001.

¶22Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Flat no. A3, 3rd floor, office block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500 004

¶23Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited 9th Floor Maker Chambers IV, 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai -400 021.

¶24Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor 156, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010

¶25RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Doshi Towers, First Floor, Old 156, New 205, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai 600010.

¶26Spectra ISP Networks Pvt Ltd Plot No. 21-22, 3rd Floor UdyogVihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon - 122 015. Page4 of 7

¶27Essel Shyam Communications Ltd 1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor, 89 Nehru Place New Delhi-110 019 India

¶28Five Network Solution (I) Ltd A/301-303, Everest Grande, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri East, Mumbai - 400 093.

¶29Atria Convergence Technologies Limited No. 17 / 68, Chevalier Shivaji Ganesan Street New Colony, T. Nagar Chennai-600017.

¶30Action Lane No 16, No 1A Kalpana Apartments, 1st Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity Board Adyar, Chennai – 600 020

¶31Jak Communications Pvt Ltd No 4 J Block, Near 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar East, Chennai - 600102,

¶32C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd old No. 284, New No. 204, ShanmugamSalai, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.

¶33Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd No 9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop, Chetpet, Chennai – 600 031. ..Defendants 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 Act, 2015, praying to grant a judgment and decree on the following terms: Page5 of 7

(a) A permanent injunction restraining the 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 RUBAAB and said work be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those Non-Compliant websites mentioned in Schedule-A hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film RUBAAB 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 "RUBAAB" 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 Plaintiffs copyrighted cinematographic film "RUBAAB" 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 "RUBAAB" and said Work without a proper license from the Plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate / infringe the Plaintiffs copyrighted cinematographic film "RUBAAB" 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; and

(c) for costs of the suit. Page6 of 7 For Plaintiff: Mr.S.Deepak for M/s.P.K.Law Firm JUDGMENT Learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that he has been instructed to withdraw the suit. An endorsement has been made for the said purpose. Therefore, the suit is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, connected applications are closed.

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