ANI MEDIA PVT LTD vs DYNAMITE NEWS NETWORK PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR.

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$~44 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + FAO(OS) (COMM) 177/2025, CM APPL. 67165/2025, CM APPL. 67166/2025, CM APPL. 67167/2025 ANI MEDIA PVT LTD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Mr. Akshit Mago, Ms. Anshika Saxena, and Ms. Mansvini Jain, Advocates. versus DYNAMITE NEWS NETWORK PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. ......Respondents Through: Mr. C M Lall, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Annanya Mehandi, Mr. Kunal Vajani, Mr. Kunal Mimani and Mr. Prashant Alai, Advocates Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa Mr. Rohan Ahuja and Ms. Diya Viswanath, Advocates for R2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 29.10.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. On the ground that the videos uploaded by Respondent 11 on its YouTube channel under nine URLs2 infringed the appellant’s copyright, the appellant instituted CS (COMM) 251/20253, praying 1 “the respondent”, hereinafter, for ease of reference 2 Uniform Resource Locator 3 ANI Media Private Limited v Dynamite News Network Private Limited & Anr. Signature Not Verified FAO(OS)(COMM) 177/2025 Digitally Signed By:AJIT page 1 of 8 KUMAR Signing Date:30.10.2025 14:38:34 that the said videos be removed, apart from other prayers. 2. Inasmuch as the suit is presently pending before the learned Single Judge, it is not necessary for us to advert any further to the prayers in the suit. 3. With the suit, the appellant filed IA 7382/2025 under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking interlocutory reliefs. 4. The suit was listed before the learned Single Judge of this Court on 21 March 2025, on which date summons in the suit and notice in IA 7382/2025 stand issued. The learned Single Judge recorded the submissions of learned Senior C