The single bench of Madras High Court comprising of Justice M. Sunder recently on 30th September passed an order of blocking 13000 websites to prevent piracy of the Hindi remake of the movie Vikram Vedha.
The interim injunction order passed by the High Court is on a petition filed by Reliance Entertainment Studio. The Movie star Saif Ali Khan and Hritik Roshan as in the lead roles. The interim order shall operate for six weeks i.e. till 11 November, 2022.
Plaintiff filed a suit before the High Court stating that it had invested a huge amount of money in the production of the film which has been released in over 3,000 theatres across the country. The plaintiff alleged that there is an imminent threat of infringement of its copyright as some pirated versions are already surfacing over the internet.
On the petition, while issuing interim order, the court observed "It will lead to an irreversible situation and therefore, irreparable legal injury incapable of compensation parameter has also been prima facie satisfied" It also ordered that "the websites or any individual person must not record or reproduce any part of the film to make it available for public viewing, duplication or distribution."
"Therefore, there shall be an order of interim injunction restraining the respondents herein or any other person or entity/entities from infringing Copyright in the suit movie in Hindi language {titled 'Vikram Vedha' i.e, suit movie} in any manner so as to prevent transmission, communication, display and exhibition of suit movie and for this purpose, if blocking of websites/web pages set out in Schedule-A to judge's summons becomes necessary, the same shall be done by all concerned." the court ordered.
Now the matter is listed on 11.11.2022.
Case Details:-
O.A. No.640 of 2022
in
C.S.(Comm.Div) No.210 of 2022
RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS PVT.LTD., ...Plaintiff
Vs.
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED, & Ors. ...Defendant
Read the complete judgment on the link below:-
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