IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 26.11.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. SENTHILKUMAR Applause Entertainment Private Limited ... Plaintiff Versus

1.Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001.

2.Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., New Delhi 110 003.

3.Bharti Airtel Limited, New Delhi - 110 070.

4.Aircel Cellular Limited

5.Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited, Mumbai - 400 098.

6.Tata Communication Limited, Maharastra 400 001.

7.Idea Cellular Limited

8.Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited

9.Tata Teleservices Ltd., New Delhi 110 001.

10.Syscon Infoway Pvt. Ltd.

11.GTPL Hathway Ltd., Ahmedabad - 380 004.

12.Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited, Mumbai - 400 078.

13.BG Broadband India Private Limited, Mumbai 400 059.

14.Sify Technologies Limited, Chennai - 600 13.

15.Siti Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi North West.

16.You Broadband & Cable India Ltd., Surat - 395009.

17.Asianet Satellite Communications, Kerala - 695581.

18.Data Infosys Limited, Jaipur 302 018.

19.Readylink Internet Services Limited, Coimbatore – 641006.

20.Opto Network Private Limited

21.Nettlinx Limited, Hyderabad - 500004.

22.City Online Services Limited, Hyderabad - 500 038.

23.Pioneer eLabs Limited, Hyderabad 500 080.

24.AT&T Global Network Service India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi - 110 001.

25.Nextgen Communications Limited

26.Virgo Global Media Limited

27.Southern Online Bio Technologies Limited, Hyderabad - 500 004.

28.MyNet Services India Private Limited

29.Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Mumbai - 400 021.

30.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited, Chennai - 600 010.

31.RS Broadband Service India Private Limited, Chennai 600 010.

32.Spectra ISP Networks Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon - 122 015.

33.Pulse Telesystems Private Limited

34.Essel Shyam Communications Ltd., New Delhi - 110 019 India.

35.Five Network Solution (I) Ltd., Mumbai 400 022, India.

36.Atria Convergence Technologies Limited, Chennai - 600 017.

37.Action Lane, Chennai - 600 020.

38.Jak Communications Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 102.

39.C32 Cable Net Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 014.

40.Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt. Ltd., Chennai - 600 031.

41.Thiru Nagar Satellite Vision Pvt. Ltd. ... Defendants Prayer: Commercial Suit filed under Order VII Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, r/w Order IV Rule 1 of Original Side Rules, 1956, r/w Sections 51, 52, 55 and 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Section 7 of the Commercial Courts Act 2015 to grant a Judgement and Decree on the following terms:

a)A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 36 from infringing the plaintiff’s copyright in the said Show/Series “KILLING/ SEARCH – THE NAINA MURDER CASE” and be directed to block all websites/web pages and future websites (including their prefix and suffix) and those Non-Compliant websites mentioned in Schedule-A hosting contents that relate to Plaintiff’s copyright protected said Show/Series “KILLING/ SEARCH – THE NAINA MURDER CASE” in any manner, thereby restraining the unauthorised copying, transmission, communication or make available or display or release or show or upload or download or exhibit or play and/or in any manner communicate in and/or through their services immediate of receipt of details of such infringing websites/webpages/mirror/redirect websites or alphanumeric websites in writing;

b)A permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 37 – 41 from infringing the plaintiff’s copyright in the said Show/Series “KILLING/

SEARCH – THE NAINA MURDER CASE” by themselves, their partners/proprietor/directors, heirs, representatives, successors in business, assigns, distributors, agents, servants or anyone claiming through them or under them from infringing the Plaintiff's copyrighted said Show/Series “KILLING/ SEARCH – THE NAINA MURDER CASE” by copying, recording, reproducing or allowing cam-cording or allowing others to transmit, communicate or make available or distributing or duplicating or