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2001 Supreme(Del) 414

B.N.CHATURVEDI, ARUN KUMAR
COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES,INC. – Appellant
Versus
SITI CABLE NETWORK LIMITED – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
C.M.LAL, PRATIBHA M.SINGH, RAJIV NAYAR, Ravinder Sethi, V.P.Singh

ARUN KUMAR

( 1 ) SINCE a short point is involved, with the consent of counsel for parties, we have taken up this appeal for final disposal at this stage itself. This appeal is directed against an order dated 14/2/2001 passed by the learned Single Judge rejecting the plaint in the suit. Briefly the facts are that plaintiffs are parties based in the United States of America. They filed a suit for permanent and mandatory injunction and rendition of accounts on account of infringement of copy right in this court. According to the plaintiffs they are engaged in the business of film production and have copy right in the films produced by them. Besides they claim to have copy right or licensee rights in films produced by others as such rights have been assigned to them. The defendant is a cable TV operator working in India. The allegation in the plaint is that the defendant without seeking permission of the plaintiffs is exhibiting or showing the films in which the copy right or the right to commercial exploitation belongs to the plaintiffs. Along with the suit the plaintiffs filed application for ad interim injunction and we are given to understand that an injunction granted in favour of












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