$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CS(COMM) 106/2026 UNION OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS.....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Yatinder Garg and Ms. Disha Sharma, Advocates.

versus LIVETV.SX & ORS. .....Defendants Through:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 05.02.2026 I.A. 3140/2026 (Exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. Application stands disposed of.

I.A. 3137/2026 (for pre-institution mediation)

3. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff under Section 12-A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 read with Section 151 of CPC seeking exemption from Pre-Institution Mediation.

4. Having regard to the facts of the present case wherein urgent relief is prayed for and in light of the judgment of Supreme Court in Yamini Manohar v. T.K.D. Keerthi, (2024) 5 SCC 815, as also Division Bench of this Court in Chandra Kishore Chaurasia v. RA Perfumery Works Private Ltd., 2022 SCC OnLine Del 3529, exemption is granted to the Plaintiff from Pre-Institution Mediation.

5. Application is allowed and disposed of.

I.A. 3138/2026(exemption from advance service)

6. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff under Section 80 read with Section 151 CPC seeking exemption from issuing notice to Defendants No. 45/BSNL, 53/DoT and 54/MeitY.

7. On account of the urgent relief prayed for by the Plaintiff which needs hearing today, Plaintiff is exempted from serving advance notice on Defendants No. 45/BSNL, 53/DoT and 54/MeitY.

8. Application is allowed and disposed of.

I.A. 3139/2026 (u/O XI Rule 1 (4) of Commercial Courts Act, 2015 r/w Section 151 CPC)

9. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff seeking to place on record additional documents.

10. Plaintiff, if it wishes to file additional documents at a later stage, shall do so strictly in accordance with provisions of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.

11. Application is allowed and disposed of.

CS(COMM) 106/2026

12. Let plaint be registered as a suit.

13. Upon filing of process fee, issue summons to the Defendants through all permissible modes, returnable before the learned Joint Registrar on

02.03.2026.

14. Summons shall state that written statements shall be filed by the Defendants within 30 days from the receipt of summons along with affidavit of admission/denial of the documents filed by the Plaintiff.

15. It will be open to the Plaintiff to file replications within 30 days from receipt of the written statements along with affidavit of admission/denial of documents filed by the Defendants.

16. If any of the parties wish to seek inspection of any documents, the same be done in accordance with Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018.

17. The Joint Registrar shall carry out admission/denial of documents and marking of exhibits.

I.A. 3136/2026 (u/O XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 r/w Section 151 of CPC)

18. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 of CPC for grant of ex parte ad interim injunction.

19. Issue notice to the Defendants, through all permissible modes, returnable before Court on 23.03.2026.

20. As per the case set out in the plaint, Plaintiff is a Swiss association entered in the register of companies and an international, non-governmental, ‘not-for-profit’ organisation constituted as an association under the laws of Switzerland. UEFA is one of six continental confederations for association football. It constitutes the Governing Body for European football, composed of fifty-five national football Associations from Europe and Central Asia as its members, functioning as a Swiss ‘association of associations’. Plaintiff has been constituted for the purposes set out in Article 2 of the UEFA Statutes, Rules of Procedure of the UEFA Congress and Regulations governing the implementation of the UEFA Statutes.

21. It is stated that among its various duties, responsibilities and activities as the governing body for football in Europe under the abovementioned statutes, Plaintiff owns