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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P.(C) 3611/2013

ESPN SOFTWARE INDIA PVT. LTD.

..... Petitioner

Represented by:

Mr.Sudhir Chandra Agarwala,

Sr.Advocate instructed by

Mr.Saikrishna Rajagopal, Mr.Gopal

Jain, Mr.SidharthChopra, Ms.Sneha

Jain, Ms.Savni Dutt, Advocates

versus

PRASAR BHARTI & ANR.

..... Respondent

Represented by:

Mr.Paras Kuhad, ASG assisted by

Mr.Rajeev Sharma, Mr.Uddyam

Mukherjee, Mr.Sahil Bhalik,

Ms.Phaguni N.Lal, Advocates for R-1

Mr.Ruchir Mishra, Advocate with

Mr.Sanjiv Saxena, Mr.Mukesh

Tiwari, Mr.Ramneek Mishra,

Advocates for R-2

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP NANDRAJOG

PRADEEP NANDRAJOG, J.

1.

Petitioner, ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd. claims to be the sole and

the exclusive distributor of some sports channels in India which inter-alia

include ESPN, STAR Sports, Star Sports 2 and STAR Cricket. It is claimed

by it that said channels telecast sporting events such as ICC Cricket, BCCI

Cricket, Formula 1, Barclays Premier League Football, ICC Cricket World

2013:DHC:5084-DB

Cup and Wimbledon.

2.

Stating that organizers of sporting events incur huge expen