Blocking Notifications for Internet Service Licensees (Oct – Dec 2026) · 4-10/2025-DGT/4 (Part-VII)

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File No.: 4-10/2025-DGT/4 (Part-VII)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Telecommunications
Director General Telecom HQ
2^nd Floor, UIDAI HQ, New Delhi -110001

Date: 08-10-2026

To

All Licensees with Internet Service Authorization

Subject: CS(COMM) 937 of 2024: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited vs. Bollyzone.tv & Ors. in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi.

Please find enclosed the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi order(s) dated 24.10.2024 in the captioned case.

2. Please refer to para(s) 41 (v, vi & viii) of the said Court order along with additional list-37, 38 & 39 regarding blocking access to the website(s)/domain(s) [46 nos.], as per the enclosed list.

3. In view of the above, all Licensees with Internet Service Authorization are hereby instructed to take immediate necessary action in respect of blocking access to the said website(s)/domain(s), as per the enclosed list, in compliance with the said court order(s).

Encl: A/A

Digitally signed by
Sudhir
Date: 08-10-2026
11:58:44

ADG (T)
Email: adgnt.hq-dgt-dot@gov.in

Copy to:

• i. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), New Delhi (cyberlaw-legal@meity.gov.in) - Requested to take action as per the said Court order/ enclosed Annexure pl.
• ii. Mr. Shashwat Singh (shashwat@saikrishnaassociates.com), Plaintiff's Counsel - For kind information and with a request to take action as per the enclosed Annexure pl.
• iii. The Special DGT, Delhi LSA – For kind information and further necessary action.

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CS(COMM) 937 of 2024:

website(s)/domain(s)

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const1.hq-dgt-dot < const1.hq-dgt-dot@govcontractor.nic.in >

Fwd: Re: URGENT | Thirty-Eighth List of Additional Websites for Real-Time Blocking in Compliance of Order dated 24.10.2024 passed by the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in CS(COMM) 937 of 2024: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited versus Bollyzone.tv & Ors.

Manish Shukla < dirit.hq-dgt-dot@gov.in >
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:52:31 PM +0530

To "ADG Technology DGT HQ"<adgnt.hq-dgt-dot@gov.in>,"Arun Kumar"<consnt.hq-dgt-dot@govcontractor.nic.in>,"Kripa Shanker Pandey"<adt.hq-dgt-dot@gov.in>,"SUNIL KUMAR"<const1.hq-dgt-dot@govcontractor.nic.in>

हार्दिक शुभकामनाओं के साथ/ With warm regards,

मनीष शुक्ला/ Manish Shukla
निदेशक (टी), डीजीटी मुख्यालय/ Director (T), DGT HQ

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From: Shashwat Singh <shashwat@saikrishnaassociates.com>
To: <dirit.hq-dgt-dot@gov.in>
Cc: "Angad Makkar"<angad@saikrishnaassociates.com>, "Vivek Ayyagari" <v.ayyagari@saikrishnaassociates.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:10:56 +0530
Subject: Re: URGENT | Thirty-Eighth List of Additional Websites for Real-Time Blocking in Compliance of Order dated 24.10.2024 passed by the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in CS(COMM) 937 of 2024: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited versus Bollyzone.tv & Ors.
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URGENT ACTION REQUIRED

Dear Sir / Madam,

We continue to act on behalf of our Client, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at 18th Floor, A Wing, Marathon Futurex, N.M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai – 400013 and having its branch office at FC-19, Sector 16-A, Noida – 201301 (“Our Client”).

1. You would recall that in response to blatant, large-scale copyright infringement of content on Zee5 and the Zee Channels (“Our Client’s Works”), a suit was instituted before the Hon’ble Delhi Court against various rogue websites (impleaded as Defendant Nos. 1 to 60) in the captioned matter) which engage in communicating to the public, hosting, streaming and/or making available to the public Our Client’s Works without authorization and / or facilitating the same.

2. The suit so instituted was inter alia, for permanent injunction, rendition of accounts and damages, on account of blatant piracy of Our Client’s Works and infringement of copyright and broadcast reproduction rights of Our Client and for that purpose, Our Client has impleaded various Domain Name Registrars (Defendant Nos. 61 to 81), Google LLC (Defendant No. 82), Internet Service providers (Defendant Nos. 83 to 91) as well as the concerned government departments (Department of Telecommunication and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) (Defendant Nos. 92 and 93 respectively), as Defendants, to ensure effective compliance of any orders that the Hon’ble Delhi High Court may be inclined to pass.

3. You would recall that the above-mentioned matter came up before Hon’ble Justice Mini Pushkarna, Delhi High Court, on 24^th October 2024, on which date the Hon’ble Court was pleased to issue the following directions in favour of Our Client:

40. In the above circumstances, the plaintif has demonstrated a prima facie case for grant of injunction and, in case, no ex parte ad interim injunction is granted, the plaintif will suf er an irreparable loss. Further, balance of convenience also lies in favour of the plaintif , and against the defendants.

41. Accordingly, till the next date of hearing, the following directions are issued:

I. The defendant nos. 1 to 60, 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 plaintif ’s works so as to infringe the plaintif ’s exclusive rights and broadcast reproduction rights.

II. The defendant nos. 61 to 81 and its directors, partners, proprietors, officers, af iliates, servants, employees, and all others in capacity of principal or agent acting for and, on their behalf, or anyone claiming through, by or under it, are directed to suspend the domain name registration of the defendant nos. 1 to 60, as per the details as given in Annexure-B to the present order.

III. The defendant nos. 61 to 81, are directed to disclose the following information of defendant nos. 1 to 60:

• a. Complete details such as name, address, email address, phone number, IP address, etc.
• b. Mode of payment along with payment details used for registration of domain name by the registrant(s).

IV. The defendant nos. 83 to 91, their directors, partners, proprietors, officers, af iliates, servants, employees, and all others in capacity of principal or agent acting for and on their behalf, or anyone claiming through, by or under it, are directed to block access to the various websites identified by the plaintif , details of which are given as Annexure C.

V. The defendant nos. 92 and 93 are directed to issue a notification calling upon the various internet service providers registered under it to block access to the various websites identified by the plaintif in the instant suit, details of which are given as Annexure-C.

VI. If during the pendency of the present suit, any further websites are discovered by the plaintif , which are illegally streaming the infringing content, copyright of which is owned by the plaintif , the plaintif is granted liberty to communicate the details of such websites to defendant no. 92 (Department of Telecommunications) and defendant no. 93 (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology), for issuance of blocking orders and simultaneously to the Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”) for blocking the said websites.

VII. Upon receiving the said intimation from the plaintif , the ISPs shall take steps to immediately block the rogue websites in question.

VIII. The DOT and MEITY shall also issue necessary blocking orders immediately upon the plaintif , communicating the details of the websites, which are illegally streaming the content, over which the plaintif has rights.

IX. After communication of details of the rogue websites to the concerned authorities, the plaintif shall continue to file af idavits with the Court, in order to ensure that the Court is fully informed of the websites in respect of which blocking orders are sought.

X. If any website, which is not primarily an infringing site, is blocked pursuant to the present order, they shall be permitted to approach this Court by giving an undertaking that it does not intend to engage in any unauthorized streaming of any content, over which the plaintif has rights.

XI. As and when new further websites are discovered by the plaintif , the plaintif shall be at liberty to file an application for their impleadment, which shall be taken up before the Joint Registrar (Judicial), and the order passed today shall be extended to the said newly impleaded website as well.

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47. Compliance of Order XXXIX Rule 3 CPC, be done, within a period of one week from today.