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ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LTD v. M/S POWERSMART MEDIA (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED

COMAP/464/2025 · 2025-09-01

C M Joshi

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- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:34291-DB COMAP No. 464 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI COMMERCIAL APPEAL NO. 464 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LTD., REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER-LEGAL MS. LAVANYA ANAND HAVING ITS BRANCH OFFICE AT NO.39 UNITED MANSIONS 3RD FLOOR, M.G. ROAD BANGALORE - 560 001 …APPELLANT (BY SRI DHYAN CHINNAPPA, SENIOR ADVOCATE A/W MS. GITANAJALI MIRIAM MATHEW, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. M/S. POWERSMART MEDIA (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR. RAKESH SANJEEVA SHETTY NO.7, 11TH MAIN ROAD 1ST STAGE, 1ST PHASE GOKUL EXTENSION MATHIKERE MAIN ROAD YESHWANTHPUR MATHIKERE BANGALORE - 560 054. Digitally signed by SUMATHY KANNAN Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:34291-DB COMAP No. 464 of 2025 2. RAKESH SANJEEVA SHETTY NO.7, 11TH MAIN ROAD, 1ST STAGE, 1ST PHASE GOKUL EXTENSION MATHIKERE MAIN ROAD YESHWANTHPUR MATHIKERE BANGALORE - 560 054. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. PRIYA V., ADVOCATE FOR C/RESPONDENTS- 1 & 2) THIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 13 (1A) OF THE COMMERCIAL COURTS ACT, 2015 PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 23.08.2025 (ANNEXURE A), PASSED IN I.A. NOS. 2/2025, 3/2025 AND 4/2025, IN THE SUIT TITLED POWERSMART MEDIA (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR VS. ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED, BEARING COM. O.S. NO. 1166/2025, PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE LXXXV ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, COMMERCIAL COURT, BENGALURU (CCH 86) & ETC. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:34291-DB COMAP No. 464 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU ,CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU,CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. Issue notice. 2. Learned counsel for the respondents accepts notice. 3. The appellant has filed the present appeal against an ad- interim order of injunction. This Court is informed that the learned Commercial Court has listed the application for interim relief on 06.09.2025. We request the learned Commercial Court to consider the interim application, on the said date. 4. The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellant submits that the present appeal be disposed of with the liberty to apply, if necessary. The appeal is disposed of with the aforesaid liberty. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C M JOSHI) JUDGE KS