Star India Private Limited & ANR. v. Mhdtv.World & ORS.
$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CS(COMM) 567/2022 & I.A. 13067/2022 STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR.
..... Plaintiffs Through:
Mr. Akshay Maloo & Ms. Runjhun Tiwari, Advs.
versus MHDTV.WORLD & ORS.
..... Defendants Through:
Ms. Shweta Sahu & Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-12.
Mr. Gokul Sharma, GP for UOI
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL
O R D E R
% 24.04.2024 1.
Instant suit has been filed by the plaintiffs seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining defendant Nos. 1 to 11, which are URLs / websites, along with their owners and operators from hosting, streaming, broadcasting, disseminating in any manner plaintiffs' broadcast on Star Channels and Disney+ Hotstar in relation to the Asia Cup 2022 and content related thereto, so as not to infringe plaintiffs' broadcast reproduction rights. 2.
An ex parte ad interim injunction was granted in favour of plaintiff by order of this Court dated 22nd August, 2022. Relevant facts in matter are stated in para 10 to 18 which are extracted as under: The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
3.
Injunction was granted in favour of plaintiffs on the following terms: The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
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4.
It is stated by counsel for plaintiffs that the said order has been complied with by relevant defendants and, except for defendant no. 12, which is the domain name of GoDaddy.com, LLC, no one has appeared in the suit. Accordingly, he seeks a decree in favour of plaintiffs. 5.
It is therefore, directed that decree be passed in terms of prayer 73 (i) of the plaint. As regards the takedown directions, issued by the Court as noted above, the said have been complied with.
6.
It is also noted that rights agreement in favor of plaintiffs in respect to Asia Cup 2022 has now expired on 9th September, 2022. 7.
The suit is disposed of in above terms. Decree sheet be drawn accordingly in terms of prayer 73 (i) of the plaint. 8.
Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of as infructuous. 9.
Order be uploaded on the website of this Court. ANISH DAYAL, J APRIL 24, 2024/sm/ig Click here to check corrigendum, if any The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.