1. Let the plaint be registered as a suit.

2. Issue summons.

3. Upon steps being taken by the Plaintiff issue summons to Defendant Nos. 2, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13 through all modes. Affidavit of service be filed within two (2) weeks.

4. Plaintiff has raised a grievance with respect to infringement of its personality rights by Defendant No. 6. Learned counsel for Defendant No. 14 states that Defendant No. 6 is a product owned by Defendant No. 14 and is not a separate entity. Summons on behalf of the platform TENOR is accordingly accepted by Ms. Shruttima Ehersa, learned counsel for Defendant No. 14.

5. Mr. Kshitiz Parashar, Advocate enters appearance on behalf of Defendant Nos. 8 and 11 and accepts summons.

6. The summons shall indicate that the written statements must be filed within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the summons. The Defendants shall also file affidavits of admission/denial of the documents filed by the Plaintiff, failing which the written statements shall not be taken on record.

7. The Plaintiff is at liberty to file replication thereto within thirty (30) days after filing of the written statements. The replication shall be accompanied by affidavits of admission/denial in respect of the documents filed by Defendants, failing which the replication shall not be taken on record.

8. The parties shall file all original documents in support of their respective claims along with their respective pleadings. In case parties are placing reliance on a document, which is not in their power and possession, its detail and source shall be mentioned in the list of reliance, which shall also be filed with the pleadings.

9. It is made clear that any unjustified denial of documents may lead to an order of costs against the concerned party.

10. Any party seeking inspection of documents may do so in accordance with the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018.

11. Defendant Nos. 3 and 4 are Domain Name Registrars (DNR), Defendant No. 7 is an online GIF platform, Defendant Nos. 15 and 16 are social media platforms. The said Defendants have been impleaded as proforma parties for compliance of interim directions issued by the Court and therefore no summons are issued to them.

12. Defendant No. 1 is an unknown entity. The Plaintiff is granted liberty to sue the said Defendant as John Doe. The plaintiff is directed to amend the memo of parties after it is provided with the Basic Subscriber Information (‘BSI’) by the proforma Defendants. Summons qua the said parties will be issued at the subsequent stage.

13. List before the learned Joint Registrar (J) for completion of service and pleadings, marking of exhibits and admission/denial of documents on 03.11.2025.

14. List before the Court on 19.02.2026.

I.A. 22608/2025

15. The present suit has been filed by the Plaintiff seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of copyright, performer’s right, misappropriation of personality rights, publicity rights, passing off, tarnishment, damages and rendition of accounts.

16. The suit has been filed by the Plaintiff being aggrieved by the actions of an unknown entity i.e., Defendant No. 1/John Doe as well as the known entities i.e., Defendant Nos. 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The Plaintiff is also aggrieved with the GIF platform Tenor, arrayed as Defendant No. 6, which is a product owned by Defendant No. 14. These Defendants are hereinafter referred to as the ‘Primary Infringing Defendants’.

With the plaint, the Plaintiff has enlisted URLs, domain names and social media handles which are impleaded as Defendant No. 1 and has sought to amend the proprietors of the said URLs, domain names and social media handles after receiving BSI details from the proforma Defendants.

17. Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, learned senior counsel for the Plaintiff made the following submissions: -

17.1. The Plaintiff is an acclaimed producer and director in the Indian film industry, a television personality, a talk show host, a costume designer, and an ac