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2016 Supreme(Del) 3884

PRADEEP NANDRAJOG, PRATIBHA RANI
Dish TV India Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Gulf DTH FZ LLC – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Arvind Nigam, Mrs. Pratibha M. Singh, Mr. Tejveer Bhatia, Mr. Saket Sikri, Ms. Kanika Singh, Mr. Rohan Swarup, Ms. Heena Khan
For the Respondent: Mr. P. Chidambaram, Mr. Amit Sibal, Mr. Arun Katpalia, Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Ms. Niyati Kohli, Mrs. Aayushi S. Khazanchi

JUDGMENT :

Pradeep Nandrajog, J.

1. The appellant is the first defendant in the suit; plaintiff whereof is respondent No.1. As per respondent No.1, it has broadcast rights under licenses from different content owners in Middle-East and North America (MENA) Region comprising : Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen (hereinafter referred ‘OSN Territory’). The exclusive licence to broadcast is by means of DTH, Cable Network and IP TV Networks. The appellant has similar right in India and Sri Lanka. Meaning thereby, same content providers are making available the feed to the appellant and respondent No.1, but in mutually exclusive territories. The territory being defined in the licenses obtained by the appellant and the respondent No.1, the two are bound to provide the services to end consumers in their respective territories. As per the plaint, the appellant set up a subsidiary in Singapore under the name and style Dish TV Singapore Pt. Ltd. with the object to enable the appellant to deceptively












































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