STAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED vs CRICHD.PK & ORS.

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$~12 * 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 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM) 840/2024 Page 1 of 5 By:KAMAL KUMAR Signing Date:30.01.2026 12:08:19 of 23 T20 matches. 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 popular content broadcasted on its channels. Along with its affiliates, Plaintiff is the owner of an extensive portfolio of more than 100 channels in over 10 languages, including channels like Star Movies, Colors Infinity, Sports18, Star Gold, Star Sports 1, MTV, Disney Channel, National Geographic etc. By virtue of order dated 27.09.2024, passed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, granting uplink and downlink permiss