C.S(COMM DIV)/36/2026 of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited Vs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and 32 others
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 36 of 2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 29.04.2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 36 of 2026
and
O.A. Nos.92 and 93 of 2026
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
18th Floor, A Wing, Marathon Futurex
N.M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel
Mumbai 400013
And also branch office
No. 33B, Olympia Platina, 2nd Floor,
SIDCO Industrial Estate Chennai 600 032
Rep by its Power Agent Mr.Akshay Mahadik
..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 Door Sanchar Sadan,
9, CGO Complex, LodhiRoad,
New Delhi 110 003
3. Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road,
Vasant Kunj, 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-400 070
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6. Vodafone India Limited,
Suman Tower, Plot No.18, Sector-11,
Gandhinagar Gujarat 382 011
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 110 001.
9. GTPL Hathway Ltd
202, 2nd Floor, Sahajanand Shopping
Centre, Opp.Swaminarayan Temple,
Shahibaugh, Ahmedabad – 380 004
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 110 033 IN
14. You Broadband and Cable India Ltd,
2nd and 3rd Floor, IQARA Centre, Near
Gujarat Gas Circle, Adajan-Hazaria Road,
Surat-395 009
15. Asianet Satellite Communications,
2A, II floor, LeelaInfopark, Technopark
Limited, Kazhakkoottam,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – 695 581.
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16. Data Infosys Limited,
Station Road, Durgapura, Jaipur 302 018.
17. Readylink internet Services Limited,
Galaxy, Plot no 7, Sakhthi Colony, RK
Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore – 641 006.
18. Nettlinx Limited,
5-9-22, 3rd floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza,
Secretariat Road, Saifabad,
Hyderabad-500 004
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- 500 080
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-500 004
23. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
9th Floor Maker Chambers IV, 222,
Nariman Point, Mumbai -400 021.
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 600 010.
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26. Spectra ISP Networks Pvt Ltd
Plot No. 21-22, 3rd Floor Udyog Vihar,
Phase IV, Gurgaon - 122 015.
27. Essel Shyam Communications Ltd
1121, Hemkunt Chambers, 11th Floor, 89
Nehru Place New Delhi-110 019 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- 600 017.
30. Action Lane
No 16, No 1A Kalpana Apartments, 1st
Street, Above Padmanaba Nagar Electricity
Board Adyar, Chennai – 600 020
31. Jak Communications Pvt Ltd
No 4 J Block, Near 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar
East, Chennai – 600 102
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 - 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 Sectio ns 51, 52, 55
and 62 of The Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Am endment) Act,
2012 and Section 7 of The Commercial Courts Act, 2015 , praying to grant
a judgment and decree on the following terms:
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(a) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 or
any other person or such other websites which are disc overed by the
Plaintiff after the release of the movie from infringing the cinematographic
film BHABIJI GHAR PAR HAIN! 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
BHABIJI GHAR PAR HAIN! in any manner, thereby restraining the
unauthorised copying, transmission, communication or mak e available or
display or release or show or upload or download or exhib it or play and /
or in any manner communicate in and / or through their services
immediate of receipt of details of such infringing website s/web pages in
writing;
(b) A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 3 0 - 33 or
any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film
“BHABIJI GHAR PAR HAIN!” 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 “BHABIJI GHAR PAR HAIN!” by copyin g, 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 exh ibiting or
playing and/or in any manner whatsoever from communicating the
cinematographic “BHABIJI GHAR PAR HAIN!” and said Wor k without a
proper license from the Plaintiff or in any other manner w hich would
violate / infringe the Plaintiffs copyrighted cinematographic film “BHABIJI
GHAR PAR HAIN!” through different mediums including but no t limited to
CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc, VCD, cable TV, Direct to home ser vices, internet
services, multimedia messaging services, pen drives, hard drives, tapes,
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DAS, satellite. Conditional Access Systems or in any othe r
medium/manner whatsoever; and
(c) for costs of the suit.
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 wit hout any order
as to costs. Consequently, connected applications are closed.
29.04.2026
Index: Yes/No
Neutral Citation: Yes/No
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SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J.
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29.04.2026
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