STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED vs CRICHD.PK & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 20th January, 2026 CS(COMM) 840/2024 & I.As. 40659/2024, 40661/2024 STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED .....Plaintiff Through: Ms. Srishti Dhoundiyal, Advocate. versus CRICHD.PK & ORS. .....Defendants Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH JUDGEMENT JYOTI SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. This suit is instituted by the Plaintiff inter alia seeking permanent injunction restraining Defendants No. 1 to 5 and such other websites, which are notified during the proceedings and all others acting on their behalf from communicating, streaming and/or making available for viewing and downloading without authorization on their websites or other platforms contents, on which Plaintiff has exclusive rights in relation to ‘ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024’, which is a T20 International Cricket Tournament. 2. Subject matter of the present suit is ‘ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024’ (‘Event’). The matches under the Event were scheduled to be held from 03.10.2024 to 20.10.2024 in United Arab Emirates and included total 3. As per the case set up in the plaint, Plaintiff is an entertainment and media company in India engaged, inter alia in production of pop