C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 05.03.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.35 & 36 of 2025 Mr.Xavier Britto, Sole Proprietor of XB Film Creators, Represented by its Authorized Signatory Mrs.Sneha Britto having its registered office at No.01, Royal Enclave, Besant Avenue Road, Padmanabha Nagar, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 020. ... 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 110 003. 3.Bharti Airtel Limited, Bharti Crescent 1, Nelson Mandela Road, 1/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 Vasant Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi - 110 070. 4.Vodafone Idea Limited (formerly Idea Cellular Limited), Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector 11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382 011. 5.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, Office 3A, 3rd Floor, LBS Marg, Bhandup (West), Mumbai - 400 078. 6.You Broadband & Cable India Limited, Plot No.54, Marol Co-operative Industrial Estate, Makwana, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 059. 7.Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd., 6th Floor, Block III, Delhi Technology Park, Shastri Park, Delhi 110 053. 8.Shyam Spectra Pvt Ltd A 60, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase I, New Delhi 110 028. 9.Sify Technologies Limited 2nd Floor, Tidel Park, No 4, Canal Road, Taramani, Chennai 600 113. 10.AT & T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd 13th Floor, 1305 06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi 110 001. 11.Peak Air Pvt Ltd No.36 567 G, Ananthapuri Building, PF Road, Kaloor, Cochin 682 017. 2/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 12.Knet Solutions Pvt Ltd (Cherrinet), No.141, Prakash Towers, Ground Floor, OMR, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041. 13.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited No 18 7, 15th Floor, Postal Colony, III Street, West Mambalam, Chennai 600 033. 14.Raaj Internet (I) Private Limited Old No 12, New No 27, Singanna Chetty Street, Chintadripet, Chennai 600 002. 15.Joister Infoserve Private Limited Shop No 4 Borivali Neelkamalco, Daulat Nagar, RD No 10, Borivali East, Mumbai 400 066 16.Ready Link Internet Service Limited Galaxy, Plot No 7, Sakthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganapathy, Coimbatore 641 006. 17.Nettlinx Limited 5-9-22, 3th Floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004. 18.Excitel Broadband Private Limited Plot No 48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Estates, Phase III, New Delhi 110 020. 19.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited Flat No A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004. 20.Dawn Supports Private Limited 39/4916/D3, Divans Tower, 3/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 Karimpatta Cross Road, Pallimukku, Kochi, Ernakulam 682 016. 21.Thalainagar Digital Cables P Ltd No 16, South Park Street, Venkatapuram, Ambattur, Chennai 600 053. 22.Cable Cast New Media Pvt Ltd 26/1, 15th Floor, 3rd Cross Street, Kasturibai Nagar, Adyar Chennai 600 020. 23.C32 Cable Net Pvt Ltd Old No 284, New No 204, Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai 600 014. 24.Team 5 Network 13 M, Block AM Garden, Mandaveli, Chennai 600 028. 25.SND Satellite Vision New No.40/83/1, Muttiah Street Vellala, Teynampet, Chennai 600 086. 26.Star vision Cable Tv Network Krishnapriya Buildings, Kidangoor South, Kottayam 686 583. ... Defendants PRAYER: Civil Suit (Commercial Division) is 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) & 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial 4/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 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 “NESIPPAYA” and to block all websites / web pages including websites mentioned in Schedule hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff's copyright protected cinematographic film “NESIPPAYA” 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 21 – 26 from infringing the cinematographic film “NESIPPAYA” 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 “NESIPPAYA” by copying, recording, reproducing or 5/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 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 “NESIPPAYA” 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 “NESIPPAYA” through different mediums including but not limited to CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc, VCD, cable TC, 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.M.Barath for Mr.S.Karthikei Balan ********** 6/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 JUDGMENT On instructions, learned counsel for the plaintiff states that he is withdrawing the suit. He has made an endorsement to that effect. 2. Therefore, C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, O.A.Nos.35 and 36 of 2025 are closed. 05.03.2025 rna Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No Neutral Citation: Yes / No 7/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J rna C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.17 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.35 & 36 of 2025 05.03.2025 8/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis