K. E. Ghanavelraja, Son of K. Eswaran v. Government of India Rep by its Principal Secretary Department of Telecommunication Electronic
2017-02-06
T.RAJA
body2017
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ORDER : The writ petition has been filed seeking issuance of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 7 to take strict and stringent action in accordance with law to ensure that respondents 8 to 136 adhere to the terms and conditions of their licenses and consequently ensure that they block web-sites mentioned in the Schedule to the writ petition and other similar websites indulging in online piracy and infringement of copyright pertaining to the film SI-III indulging in piracy and infringement of new films and more particularly prohibit them in territorial jurisdiction of India from exhibiting releasing projecting screening or in any manner providing platforms for downloading the film SI-III which is already censored and slated for release on 9th February 2017. 2. When the matter was taken up today, the Court posed a question to the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as to how the interim relief sought for to grant injunction against the private respondents Nos.8 to 136 is maintainable?. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner sought permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to agitate the matter in the manner known to law and he has also made an endorsement to that effect. 4. In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to workout his right in the manner known to law. Consequently, connected misellaneous petition is dismissed.