Delhi High Court – Orders
Dazn Limited & Anr vs Olympicstreams.Co & Ors on 17 February, 2026
Author: Tushar Rao Gedela
Bench: Tushar Rao Gedela
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ CS(COMM) 152/2026
DAZN LIMITED & ANR. .....Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Yatinder
Garg, Ms. Ishi Singh, Mr. Manish
Singh, Mr. Priyansh Kohli and Ms.
Shudhata Sudhir, Advocates.
versus
OLYMPICSTREAMS.CO & ORS. .....Defendants
Through: Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debashish Dutta,
Mr. Arjun Mookerjee, Ms. Anmol
Dhinsa, Advocates for D-22.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA
ORDER
% 17.02.2026
I.A. 4278/2026 (Exemption)
1. This is an application under Section 80 read with Section 151 of Code
of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC“), filed on behalf of the plaintiffs seeking
exemption from issuing notice to the defendant no.26/BSNL, defendant
no.29/MTNL defendant no.34/Department of Telecommunication (DoT) and
Defendant no.35/ the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MEITY).
2. Exemption is allowed for the reason that urgent reliefs in the nature of
injunction are sought against defendant nos.26, 29, 34 and 35, who are likely
to unauthorisedly and illegally broadcast the Event scheduled to be held on
21.02.2026 for which the plaintiff claims exclusive rights. For the reasons
stated therein, plaintiffs are exempted from issuing notice to the defendant
nos.26, 29, 34 and 35 at this stage.
3. The application is disposed of.
I.A. 4280/2026 (Exemption from Pre-Litigation Mediation)
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4. This is an application filed by the plaintiffs seeking exemption from
instituting pre-litigation mediation under Section 12A of the CC Act.
5. As the present matter contemplates urgent interim relief, in light of the
judgment of the Supreme Court in Yamini Manohar vs. T.K.D. Keerthi:
(2024) 5 SCC 815, exemption from the requirement of pre-institution
mediation is granted.
6. The application stands disposed of.
I.A. 4281/2026(Seeking Additional time to file Court fees)
7. The present application has been filed by the plaintiffs under Section
149 read with Section 151 of CPC, seeking exemption from payment of Court
Fees at the time of the filing of the suit.
8. Considering the submissions made in the present application, an
extension of two weeks is granted to affix the requisite court fees.
9. The application stands disposed of.
I.A. 4279/2026 (Additional Documents)
10. The present application has been filed on behalf of the plaintiffs under
Order XI Rule 1(4) of the CPC as applicable to Commercial Suits under the
CC Act seeking leave to place on record additional documents.
11. The plaintiffs are permitted to file additional documents in accordance
with the provisions of the CC Act and the Delhi High Court (Original Side)
Rules, 2018.
12. Accordingly, the application stands disposed of.
I.A. 4277/2026 (Stay)
13. Present application has been filed on behalf of the plaintiffs under
Order XXXIX Rules 1 & 2 of CPC, 1908 seeking ex-parte ad-interim
injunction against the defendants.
14. It is stated that plaintiff no.1/DAZN Limited is a company incorporated
under the laws of England and Wales, having its registered office at 12
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Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 7AP, United Kingdom. Plaintiff no.2 i.e.
DAZN Software Pvt. Ltd. is Indian subsidiary of plaintiff no.1 with its
registered office at Hyderabad in the State of Telangana.
15. Plaintiff no.1 claims to have been founded in the year 2007, as part of
the ‘Perform Group’ and subsequently in 2015 as ‘DAZN’. It also claims to
have broadcasting rights in relation to various premium sporting events
around the world from official organizers of the said events. On account of its
wide popularity and hosting of sporting events which it broadcasted, it claims
to have been dubbed as the “Netflix of Sports”. It also claims to have
streamed more than 1.2 billion hours globally, across 1.30 million plus
devices. Plaintiff no.1 is a global sports streaming and entertainment platform
offering live and on demand/over the top (OTT) sports broadcasting in over
200 countries including India. It claims to have 2400 employees in 25
countries and claims to be a market leader in Italy, Spain, Germany and
Japan. It also claims to have a strong domestic presence in France, Portugal,
Belgium, Taiwan, the United States and Canada.
16. Plaintiff is stated to own and operate online streaming platform
“https://dazngroup.com/” and “https://www.dazn.com/en-IN/home” and
mobile application. It claims to embed in its system, a highly evolved video
streaming technology, impeccable quality of video streaming. The plaintiff
claims to have acquired certain exclusive media rights inter alia for India,
including television rights, digital rights and ancillary rights in respect of an
upcoming boxing event between “Mario Barrios vs. Ryan Garcia” taking
place on or around 21.02.2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The owner of the
exclusive rights in the said event i.e., Sela Global Entertainment Co. Ltd., has
granted exclusive rights to the plaintiff to exploit such rights vide plaintiff
no.2. The said rights are claimed to have been confirmed vide Rights
Confirmation Letter dated 09.02.2026. The plaintiff planned to exploit these
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rights in India by communicating/broadcasting the live feed on
“https://www.dazn.com/en-IN/home” as also through the mobile app targeted
at the Indian audience.
17. Plaintiff claims that the primary opportunity to exploit the rights are
granted under the Copyrights Act, 1957 and the contemporaneous display of
the sporting event on parallel unauthorized live streams would deny the
ability to effectively monetize the rights acquired or licensed for the said
purpose. In para 12 of the plaint, the events other than Mario Barrios vs. Ryan
Garcia have been enlisted. Plaintiff claims that any entity which may
broadcast, retransmit, host, stream, make available for viewing and download,
provide access to or communicate to the public in India, the event proposed to
be held on 21.02.2026 which have been licensed the exclusive rights to the
plaintiff, without the authorization, it would tantamount to interference with
the exclusive rights of the plaintiff. Plaintiff claims that its rights are fully
protected and enforceable by virtue of Section 40A of the Copyrights Act,
1957 read with the International Copyright Order, 1999. Plaintiff claims that
since the unauthorized communication of the plaintiffs’ broadcasts even on
earlier occasions had occurred in Delhi and the present one too is to occur in
Delhi, the cysts of infringement is Delhi.
18. Plaintiff claims that a recently concluded event i.e. Agit Kabayel vs.
Damian Knyba Fight Card which was made available by the plaintiff in India
on 11.01.2026 was also infringed by one or more of the defendants impleaded
in the present suit. On account of such past experience, the plaintiff
apprehends infringement of their exclusive rights in respect of the event to be
held on 21.02.2026. Plaintiff has been able to identify a network of certain
rogue websites that are infringing their exclusive rights. Such rogue
websites/domain names have been impleaded in the instant suit as defendant
nos.1 to 20. It has thus become imperative for the plaintiff to protect their
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exclusive and statutory rights from infringement by such rogue websites and
other similar infringers. Plaintiff claims that it has not authorized any of the
defendant nos.1 to 20 to broadcast the said event on their respective
platforms. Plaintiffs have filed alongwith the plaint, evidence of the
defendants’ websites being illegal and indulging in infringing activities. The
said websites are stated to be illegally communicated and stream the
copyrighted contents of the plaintiff to the viewers located in Delhi resulting
in infringement. Plaintiff asserts that they have neither sub-licensed nor
authorized the owners or operators of the defendants’ websites to indulge in
communicating or broadcasting the exclusive rights conferred upon the
plaintiff in respect of the event to be held on 21.02.2026. In fact, plaintiff
claims that the broadcasting by the infringers is also by using the “DAZN”
logo while the events are being live-streamed. The grievances raised by the
plaintiff are encapsulated in para 28 of the plaint. The plaintiff claims that the
owners/operators of the defendants’ websites are unknown and are located at
unverifiable locations. Most of the rogue websites are stated to hide behind
domain privacy services offered by various “Domain Name Registrars”. It is
believed by the defendants that these rogue websites share a common source
for the content which is made available to their users. Such websites use the
services of common organizations to hide their identity. Plaintiff claims that it
is likely that there is a nexus between these rogue websites.
19. Plaintiff claims that there possibly could be more websites other than
defendant nos.1 to 20, however, the said information would only be known
once such entities start communicating and broadcasting the events proposed
on 21.02.2026. Such entities are enumerated as “Ashok Kumar(s)” i.e.
defendant no.36.
20. Mr. Sidharth Chopra, counsel appearing on behalf of the plaintiff,
submits that on previous occasions, while an initial injunction has typically
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been granted in respect of the few websites identified in the plaint, a
substantial number of illegal defendant websites tend to be subsequently
uncovered, which continue to unlawfully disseminate the sporting events.
Accordingly, such illegal websites have been injuncted and taken down by
virtue of the ‘dynamic injunction’ granted by this Court. To substantiate this
averment, reliance is placed on an illustrative chart, out of which, 25 similar
matters are listed, of which 4 are extracted hereunder:-
S.No. Case Title Event/Content
1 Union of European Football UEFA Champions League
Associations vs. Livetv.SX
& Ors.
CS(COMM) 106/2026
Order dated: 05.02.2026
2 DAZN Limited & Anr. vs. Serie A Championship (IPTV)
abbonamentoiptvitalia.com
& Ors.
CS(COMM) 1306/2025
Order dated: 08.12.2025
3 DAZN Limited & Anr. vs. Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk
Back.Methstreamer.Com & Rematch and all featured
Ors. undercard bouts, 2024
CS(COMM) 1149/2024 (Boxing Event)
Order dated: 18.12.2024
4 Star India Private Limited & ICC Men's Cricket World Cup
Anr. vs. Jiolive.tv & Ors. 2023
CS(COMM) 688/2023
Order dated: 27.09.2023
21. The defendants’ websites impleaded in the present suit are stated to be
satisfying the criteria set out by this Court in CS(COMM) 724/2017 titled
“UTV Software Communication Ltd. & Ors vs. 1337X & Ors.“, decided on
10.04.2019. All of which would be subject to orders for the Internet Service
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Providers i.e. defendant nos.25 to 33. On the aforesaid basis, the plaintiff
seeks urgent ex-parte ad-interim injunction and for implementation of urgent
action by the Internet Service Providers, DNRs, DoT and MEITY.
22. Having regard to the aforesaid facts, it appears that the plaintiffs are
entitled to an ex-parte ad-interim injunction. From the assertions in the plaint,
it appears that exclusive rights of broadcasting the event proposed to be held
on 21.02.2026 is assigned/licensed to the plaintiffs. It also appears that the
plaintiff’s, particularly plaintiff no.1 has a worldwide presence for hosting or
live streaming such events upon grant of exclusive broadcasting rights by the
sponsors/hosts of the said events. In such case, the plaintiffs, appears to have
a prima facie strong case for an ex-parte ad-interim injunction. Since the
plaintiffs have asserted in their plaint that they have not granted any further
broadcasting/streaming rights to any of the defendant nos.1 to 20 or any other
such entity till date, coupled with the fact that they have exclusive rights for
such broadcast/streaming, balance of convenience is tilted in favour of the
plaintiffs. Apparently, irreparable loss and injury that may be caused in case
ex parte ad-interim injunction is not granted, may not be adequately
compensated in monetary terms. Thus, a case for grant of ex-parte ad-interim
injunction is made out.
23. Accordingly, following directions are passed:
a. Defendant nos.1 to 20, their owners, partners, officers and all others in
capacity of principal or agent acting for and on their behalf, or anyone
claiming through, by or under it are restrained from in any manner
communicating, hosting, streaming, and/or making available for
viewing and downloading, without authorization, on their websites or
other platforms, through the internet in any manner whatsoever, the
plaintiffs’ works, exclusive broadcasts, streams and content in respect
of 21.02.2026 Fight Card, so as to infringe the plaintiffs’ exclusiveCS(COMM) 152/2026 Page 7 of 10
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rights.
b. Defendant Nos.21 to 24 i.e., the Domain Name Registrars, are directed
to lock/ suspend the domain name registration of the defendant nos.1 to
20 indulging in infringing the plaintiffs exclusive rights and broadcast
reproduction rights forthwith. Specific Domain Name Registrars for
each website are disclosed in Annexure A appended to this Order.
c. Defendant nos.21 to 24 are directed to disclose (a) the complete details
such as name, address, email address, phone number, IP address of
defendant nos.1 to 20 and (b) Mode of payment alongwith payment
details used for registration of domain name by the registrants to the
plaintiffs within one week.
d. Defendant nos.25 to 33 i.e., the Internet Service Providers are directed
to lock and suspend access to the various websites disclosed in
Annexure A appended to this Order forthwith.
24. As and when the BSI details are furnished to the plaintiffs, they would
be at liberty to file an appropriate application to implead such
persons/individuals/entities within 48 hours of receipt of such
information/details.
25. Let the reply to this application be filed by the defendants within 4
weeks from service and rejoinder, thereto, if any, be filed within 2 weeks
thereafter.
26. Compliance of Order XXXIX Rule 3 of CPC shall be carried out within
ten (10) days.
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27. In view of the aforesaid circumstances, let the plaint be registered as a
suit.
28. Upon filing of the process fee within a week, issue summons of the suit
to the defendants through all permissible modes.
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29. The summons shall state that the Written Statements shall be filed by
the defendants within 30 days from the date of the receipt of summons.
Alongwith the Written Statements, the defendants shall also file Affidavits of
Admission/Denial of the documents of the plaintiff, without which the
Written Statements shall not be taken on record.
30. Liberty is granted to the plaintiffs to file replication, if any, within 30
days from the receipt of the Written Statements. Along with the Replication
filed by the plaintiffs, an Affidavit of Admission/Denial of the documents of
defendants be filed by the plaintiffs, without which the Replication shall not
be taken on record.
31. In case any party is placing reliance on a document, which is not in
their power and possession, its details and source shall be mentioned in the
list of reliance, which shall also be filed with the pleadings.
32. If any of the parties wish to seek inspection of any documents, the same
shall be sought and given within the prescribed timelines.
33. List before the Joint Registrar (Judicial) on 28.04.2026 for completion
of service and pleadings.
34. List before the Court on 13.08.2026.
TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J
FEBRUARY 17, 2026
kct/rl
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ANNEXURE A
LIST OF WEBSITES
Def Websites Domain Name DNR
No. Registrar (DNR) Defendant
No.
1 olympicstreams.co
2 hesgoal7.com
3 istreameast.net
4 streameast.soccer
5 daddyhd.com
6 footballstreams.top
7 totalsportek.events Tucows Domains Inc 21
11 soccer-free.com
12 sportsfeed24.app
13 sportsfeed24.xyz
14 streameast24.com
17 totalsportek.army
18 totalsportekfree.com
8 livestreamtvv.site Go Daddy, LLC 22
9 alphastreams.online
16 7streams.site
19 singlesports.site
20 papashd.club Dynadot Inc 23
10 privatemediatv.xyz Namecheap 24
15 flow-stream.store
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