Reliance Industries Limited v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
C.S(COMM DIV)/312/2025 · 2026-02-18
Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
Transfer Petitionbody2026
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C.S(COMM DIV) No. 312 of 2025 __________ Page1 of 8 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 18-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY C.S(COMM DIV) No. 312 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.1134 & 1135 of 2025 Reliance Industries Limited Jio Studios (the Media and Entertainment division of Reliance Industries Limited) Registered Address: 3rd Floor, Maker Chambers IV, 222 Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021 Branch Address A1 Tower, 5th Floor, No.89, Dr. Radha Krishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-4 Rep.by its Power Agent Ms.Dipti Kishan Kotak ..Plaintiff(s) Vs
1. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Bharat Sanchr 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
3. 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 West Mumbai-400070 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
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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, JeevanBharati, 124 Connaught Circus New Delhi 110001. 9. GTPL Hathway Ltd 202, 2nd Floor,SahajanandShopping 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. AndheriKurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 059 12.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, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 312 of 2025 __________ Page3 of 8 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 and T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd, 13th floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110 001. 22.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Flat no. A3, 3rd floor, office block, Samrat Complex, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500004 23.MyNet Services India Private Limited 12, I floor, IV cross, Gandhipuram, Pallipallayam,Erode -638006 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 156, New 205, Poonamalle High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
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600010. 26.Spectra ISP Networks Pvt Ltd Plot No. 21-22, 3rd Floor UdyogVihar, 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 Grande, 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- 600017. 30.Action Lane No 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, ShanmugamSalai, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014. 33.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd No 9 A/5, Club Road, Near Mittai Shop, Chetpet, Chennai - 600031.
..Defendant(s) https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 312 of 2025 __________ Page5 of 8 PRAYER: Plaint filed under Order VII Rule 1 CPC Read With Order IV Rule 1 OS Rules Read With Sections 51, 52, 55, 62 of the Copyrights Act, 1957, and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, praying to the judgment and decree as follows: (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 infringing the cinematographic film DHURANDHAR and said Work be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites including their prefx and suffix and those Non-Compliant websites mentioned in Schedule-A hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff copyright protected cinematographic film DHURANDHAR 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/webpages in writing.
(b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 30 - 33 or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film ..DHURANDHAR 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 DHURANDHAR by recording, reproducing https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 312 of 2025 __________ Page6 of 8 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 DHURANDHAR and said Work without a proper license from the Plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate / infringe the Plaintiffs copyrighted cinematographic fiim DHURANDHAR 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, sateliite, Conditional Access Systems or in any other medium / manner whatsoever. (c) for costs of the suit. For Plaintiff(s): 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. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
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2. Therefore, C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.312 of 2025 is dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. Consequently, the connected original applications are closed. 18-02-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No RNA https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 312 of 2025 __________ Page8 of 8 SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J. RNA C.S(COMM DIV) No. 312 of 2025 and O.A.Nos.1134 & 1135 of 2025 18-02-2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis