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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 90804

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
A.D. Maria Clete, J
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited – Appellant
Versus
Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited – Respondent
C.S(COMM DIV) NO. 102 OF 2026 | OA Nos. 290 & 291 of 2026



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: S. Deepak
For the Respondents: Amutha Ganesh

The suit for permanent injunction against copyright infringement of the cinematographic film 'SUPER DUPERR' was dismissed as withdrawn upon the plaintiff's request.

Headnote:(A) Civil Procedure - Withdrawal of Suit - Where the plaintiff seeks permission to withdraw the civil suit and makes an endorsement to that effect, the court may dismiss the suit as withdrawn. (Para 2)

Issues: Whether the plaintiff is permitted to withdraw the suit for copyright infringement.

PRAYER

– This Civil Suit has been filed under Order VII Rule 1 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and Order IV Rule 1 of O.S. Rules, 1956 , read with 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 – suit for permanent injunction for the infringement of copyright, seeking (a) a permanent injunction restraining the Defendants 1 to 29 or any other person or such other websites which are discovered by the Plaintiff after the release of the movie from infringing the cinematographic film “SUPER DUPERR” and said work 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 cinematographic film “SUPER DUPERR” 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/web pages in writing; and (b) a permanent injunction restraining the defendants 30 to 33 or any other person or entity from infringing the cinematographic film “SUPER DUPERR” 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 Plaintiffs copyrighted cinematographic film “SUPER DUPERR” by copying, recording, reproducing or allowing Camcording or allowing others to transmit, communicate or make available or distributing or duplicating or displaying or releasing or showing or uploading or downloading or exhibiting or playing and/or in any manner or downloading or exhibiting or playing and /or in any manner whatsoever from communicating the cinematographic film “SUPER DUPERR” and said work manner without a proper license from the Plaintiff or in any other manner which would violate/infringe the plaintiffs copyrighted cinematographic film “SUPER DUPERR” through different mediums including but not limited to CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc., VCD, cable TV, Direct to home services, internet services multimedia messaging services, pen drives, internet services, multimedia messaging services, pen drives, hard drives, tapes, DAS, satellite ConditionalAccess Systems or in any other medium/manner whatsoever.

For Applicant(s): Mr.S. Deepak for M/s.P.K.Law Firm

For D8: Ms.Amutha Ganesh

JUDGMENT

When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel for the plaintiff seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this Civil Suit and made an endorsement to that effect in the Court bundle.

2. Recording the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the plaintiff, this Civil Suit is dismissed as withdrawn. However, there shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected Original Applications are closed.

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