IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION L. NO. 33036 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL IP L. NO. 32984 OF 2025 WITH COMMERCIAL IP L. NO. 32984 OF 2025 WITH LEAVE PETITION L. NO. 33041 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL IP L. NO. 32984 OF 2025 Everest Entertainment LLP A Limited Liability Partnership Firm incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and having its registered office at: 7, Ratnadeep, 1st Floor, 29 Juhu Tara Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai 400 049. )...Plaintiff Versus

1. Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar Sole Proprietor of Ashwami Films, An adult Indian inhabitant having his address at: 2nd Floor, Dharnidhar Vaastu Vaibhav, Senapati Bapat Marg, Next to Dhruv Automobile, Matunga (West)

Mumbai 400 016.

Email: vibgyor.manja@gmail.com

2. Great Maratha An Association of Persons of Krizolh Filmz LLP and Satyasai Productions Private Limited having its address at: Unit No. 7, Laxmi Commercial Centre, Jay Prakash Road Number 1, Goregaon (East), Mumbai-400 063.

3. Krizolh Filmz LLP A Limited Liability Partnership Firm incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and having its address at: 302-303, Shamrock Building, Main Avenue Road, Santacruz (West), Mumbai 400 054.

Email: rahul@sughandfilms.com

4. Satyasai Productions Private Limited A company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 and having its registered address at: 3, S.C. Tirupati Udyog, I.B. Patel Road, Goregaon (East), Mumbai – 400 063.

Email: joshi.ketaki5@gmail.com

5. Rahul Sughand An adult Indian inhabitant having his address at: 302-303, Shamrock Building, Main Avenue Road, Santacruz (West), Mumbai - 400 054.

Email: rahulsughand@gmail.com

6. Rahul Puranik An adult inhabitant of the USA having his address at: 604, Dalmore Drive, Duluth, GA 30097, USA.

Email: puranik72@gmail.com

7. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered address at:

18th Floor, Marathon Futurex, Tower A, N.M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400 013.

Email: sucheta.burman@zee.com;

kinat.sisodia@zee.com;

akshay.mahadik@zee.com;

shareservice@zee.com )... Defendants Mr. Ravindra Suryawanshi, Ms. Tanvi Nandgaonkar, Mr. Archis Bhatt and Mr. Amogh Prasad Khadye i/by Bar and Brief Attorney, Advocates for Plainti Mr. Harshand Bhadbhade a/w Gouresh Mogre, Dileep Satale, Shagufa Patel, Vedastu Rane, Atreya Tambe, Saaniya Sait, Advocates for Defendant No. 1 and 4.

Mr. Mandar Soman, Advocate for Defendant Nos. 2,3,5 & 6 Mr. Kunal Mehta a/w Kunal Parekh, Nirali Atha i/by Dua Associates, Advocates for Defendant No. 7 (Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.)

CORAM: AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J.

DATE: OCTOBER 24, 2025 (Vacation Court)

ORAL JUDGMENT ON : OCTOBER 24, 2025

1. When the above-listed Suit and the Interim Application filed by the Plaintiff were called out today, Mr. Suryawanshi, the Learned Counsel appearing for the Plaintiff, Mr.Bhadbhade, the Learned Counsel appearing for the 1^st Defendant, Mr. Soman, the Learned Counsel appearing for Defendant Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6 and Mr. Mehta, the Learned Counsel appearing for the 7^th Defendant, on instruction submitted that their respective clients do not have any objections if this Bench hears the matter. They further submitted that their respective clients have instructed them to give an undertaking to the Court that no objection shall be raised by them at any time or in any proceedings. Accordingly, the statements made on behalf of the Plaintiff and the Defendants are accepted as an undertaking to this Court.

2. The Suit was filed on 10.10.2025, and the 1st Application was made by the Plaintiff seeking ad-interim reliefs on 16.10.2025, when the Court taking Intellectual Property (I.P.) assignment recused to hear and therefore, the Interim Application of the Plaintiff was heard by another Bench of this Court on 17.10.2025. On the statement of the Learned Senior Counsel appearing for Defendant Nos. 2, 3 and 5, directed the Defendants to provid