Delhi High Court Grants Temporary Dynamic Injunction Against Illegal Streaming Of TATA IPL 2026
Riya Rathore
26 March 2026 10:15 PM IST
The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad interim injunction in favour of JioStar India Private Limited restraining unauthorized streaming and broadcasting of the TATA IPL 2026 event, holding that the company had made out a prima facie case for protection of its exclusive broadcast rights.
The 2026 IPL season is scheduled to commence in two days on March 28.
By an order dated March 25, 2026, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the plaintiff had been assigned exclusive digital broadcast rights for the TATA IPL 2026 for the Indian subcontinent and overseas territories and held that, “in such a case, the plaintiff appears to have a prima facie strong case for an ex-parte ad-interim injunction. ”.
JioStar told the court that the contemporaneous display of sporting events on unauthorized live streams would deny them the ability to effectively monetize their exclusive rights.
The bench remarked that irreparable loss would be caused if the injunction was not granted, as monetary compensation would be inadequate for the infringement of live broadcast reproduction rights.
JioStar India contended that it acquired exclusive digital rights from the BCCI for a five-year period (2023–2027), which includes the sole right to use the IPL logo and marks. The plaintiff pleaded that they had identified a network of rogue websites, such as daddylives.nl and daddylive.top, which operate from unverifiable locations and use domain privacy services to hide their identities.
Counsel for the plaintiff argued that based on past experiences with previous IPL seasons, these rogue entities tend to proliferate during the event, necessitating real-time blocking measures.
They further pleaded that since the unauthorized streams are accessible in Delhi, the cause of action for infringement arises within the Court's jurisdiction.
Regarding the enforcement of the order, the court stated that 4 unknown entities are restrained from communicating, hosting, or streaming any content related to TATA IPL 2026.
The Court directed the Domain Name Registrars (DNRs) to immediately lock or suspend the infringing domain names and disclose the registrants' complete details, including contact info and payment modes, to the plaintiff within one week. Furthermore, the Bench held that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) must suspend access to the infringing URLs. The judge noted that the plaintiff is at liberty to notify the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and MEITY of newly discovered infringing websites on a real-time basis for immediate blocking during the tournament.
In its directions, the court held that any website that is not primarily an infringing site but is accidentally blocked may approach the court for clarification upon furnishing an undertaking.
The bench accordingly issued summonses to all defendants, requiring them to file written statements within 30 days of receipt.
The matter is scheduled for completion of service before the Joint Registrar on July 8, 2026, with the next Court hearing set for September 29, 2026.
For JioStar: Advocates Sidharth Chopra, Sneha Jain, Yatinder Garg, Priyensh Kohli, Ishi Singh, and Manish Singh