TATA SKY LIMITED v. S G ENTERPREISES – TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES

9643233842) Mr. Ateev Kumar Mathur & Mr. Amol Sharma, Advocates Mr. Sarfaraz Khan & Mr Abdul Wahid, Advs for UCO Bank (M- 9899140169) Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam & Ms. Deepanjal Choudhary, Advs. (M:

9910783067) Mr. Amol Sharma, Mr. Tanmay Garg, Mr. Aman Siwasiya, Advs. for HDFC Bank (M. 9958609042) Mr. Varun Pathak, Mr. Thejesh Rajendran & Mr. Tanuj Sharma, Advs. for D-17. (M: 9599198161) Mr. Vinay Yadav, Mr. Divyanshu, Mr. Ansh Kalra and Ms. Kamna Behrani, Advs. for R-3 and 4. Mr. Susmit Pushkar, Adv. (7) WITH + CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As.10851-52/2022, 12173/2022 FASHNEAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Nitin Sharma, Mr. Yatin Garg, Mr. Ranjeet Singh, Mr. Vivek Ayyagari, Mr. Angad Makkar, Mr. M. J. Sudarshan, Ms. Ramya Aggarwal and Mr. Sohrab Mann, Advocates.

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MEESHO ONLINE SHOPPING PVT. LTD. & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advs. for D-6. Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-10. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Ujjainwal Advocates. for D-7. Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advs for D-19 &

20. (M:9999999045) Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. (9) WITH + CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As.5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022, 31775/2024 COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Saif Khan Mr. Achuthan Sreekumar, Mr. Prajjwal Kushwah Ms. Imon Roy Mr. Achyut Tiwari Ms. Kanupriya Chawla, Mr. Swastik Bisarya Mr. Rohil Bansal Mr. Shivang Sharma, Advs.

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NIXI & ANR...... Defendants Through: Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-1 (M-9990526912). Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advs for D-3-4. Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr. Samyak Bilala Advs. Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager legal. Mr. Tentu Satyanarayan, Director (Legal), UIDAI & Mr. Tanmaya Nirmal, Deputy Manager (Legal & Policy), UIDAI (M-9899113033). Mr. Kushagra Goel, Mr Lovesh Goel, Ms. Tanya Singhal, Advs. for D-7. SI Prince Kumar, PS Hauz Khas. Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI. Dey, Advs. for MEITY. (10) WITH + CS (COMM) 297/2019 MOTHER DAIRY FRUIT & VEGETABLE PVT. LTD...... Plaintiff versus KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Ravi Shankar Mahto, Adv. for D-

1. & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advs. Mr. Premtosh K. Mishra (CGSC), Mr. Manish Vashist & Ms. Sanya Kalsi, Advs. (M: 8510042585) (11) WITH + CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As. 8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021 & 16707/2021 ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Akansha Singh, Advocate (Mob:

9811128289)

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WWW.ULTRATECHCEMENTS.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Akshi Rastogi & Mr. Vibhu Pahuja, Advs for D-5 to 7. Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra & Mr. Gagan Gupta, Advocates for D-9. Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC for UOI. Advs. (12) WITH + CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4596/2025 & 4597/2025 MONTBLANC SIMPLO GMBH..... Plaintiff versus MONTBLANCINDIA.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, Mr. Vishal Advocates for D-23 (M.8447704226) Mr. Yajur Bhalla, Mr. Deepak Samota and Mr. Sumer Ahuja, Advocates for D-1, 2, 4 to 10 & 20. (M:9711009378) Ms. Asiya Khan, Adv. for D-25 (M: 9971644936). Ujjainwal Advocates for D-18. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. for R-12 Mr. Varun Chugh, SPC with and Ms. Shreya Mittal & Ms. Nandita Mishra, Advs (13) WITH + CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A.7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021, 1371/2021, 19495/2023 & 583/2024 ITC LIMITED..... Plaintiff Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali R. Mittal & Mr. Shivang Sharma, Advs. (M: 9999052646)

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ASHOK KUMAR & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6. Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen Goyal, Mr L R Goyal Advs for D-12. Ms. Asmita Kumar, Advocate for D-

14. (M:9899967516) Mr Rajiv Kapur, Mr. Akshit Kapur and Mr. Aditya Saxena, Advs for SBI (M: 9634644652). Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC, Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich & Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. [Mob:9810982927] (14) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A.10520-21/2020 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Mr Pravin Anand, Ms Vaishali R Mittal & Mr. Shivang Sharma, Advs.

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PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates for D-1, 2 & 3. (M:9911995000) Advs. (15) WITH + CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INC...... Plaintiff versus WWW.JOCKEYFRANCHISE.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vivek Jain, Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Mr. Sunny Verma, Ms. Nidhi & Ms. Samridhi Singh, Advs. for D-4. (M:9871863446) Advs. (16) WITH + CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022, 3304/2025 GODREJ PROPERTIES LTD..... Plaintiff Mr. Shrawan Chopra, Mr. Achyut Tewari, Mr. Aayush Maheshwari, Advs. (M: 8604633567)

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ASHOK KUMAR & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advs for D-2. Mr Neel Mason, Ms Ekta Sharma, Ms Pragya Jain, Ms Surabhi Katare, Advs. Dhruv Joshi, Mr. Vinay Kaushik and Mr. Vipul Verma, Advs. (17) WITH + CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A.7329/2021 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus TECH HERACLES OPC PRIVATE LIMITED Through: Mr Rajiv Kumar Malik, Mrs. Megha, Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advs for D-1 to 3. Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI. Advs (18) WITH + CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543/2021 TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus M/S ELECTRO INTERNATIONAL & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advs for Airtel Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for Airtel (M. 8896447704) Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-8. Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Advocate for Bharti Airtel Limited. Advs. (19) WITH + CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 THE HIMALAYA DRUG COMPANY & ORS...... Plaintiffs versus Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal. Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advs for Go Daddy. Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Mr. Amrit Bhatia Advs. Mr. Vibhor Mathur, Mr. Arun Pratap & Ms. Pratika Agarwal, Advocates for D-23 Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Aastha Kaushik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Surinder Singh, Adv. for D-29 (M- 9311325398) Kane, Advs for D-17. (20) WITH + CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020 XIAOMI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Krisna Gambhir & Mr. C.A. Brijesh, Advocates (M:989932064[6]) Mr. Ishith Arora, Adv. (M.

9654451996)

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WWW.XIAOMI-INDIA.XYZ & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Shikha Sarin & Mr. Paras Malhotra, Advs. (M: 9910485840) Mr. Abhishek Parashar, In person. (M:

9319317578) Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC. Ujjainwal Advocates for D-29. Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Parshant Arora, Advs. for VI. (21) WITH + CS(COMM) 250/2020 and I.A. 2285/2024 STAR INDIA PVT. LTD. & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan & Mr. Rohil Bansal, Advs.

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OXIBUZZ.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Akshita Jain, Adv. for D-1 Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advs for D-3-4. Samyak Bilala Advs. Siddhant & Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advs. for UOI with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager legal. Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal and Mr. Nitin, Advs. (M:995322888) (22) WITH + CS (COMM) 255/2020 INDIAMART INTERMESH LIMITED.... Plaintiff Arora, Advocates for VI.

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AKASH VERMA & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr Neel Mason, Mr Ankit Rastogi, Mr Siddharth Vardhman, Mr Udit Tewari Adv. for D-2. (M: 9399304251). Mr. Rishi Kapoor & Ms. Yashika Kapoor, Advocates for D-3. Ms. Meenakshi Dutta, Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra & Mr. Gautam Harshwal, Advs. for D-4 & 7. Mr Ankit Rastogi and Mr Saransh Saini, Advocates. Mr. Saransh, Adv. for Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC (Crnl.), GNCTD. Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms. Keya Rawat, Advocates. (23) AND + CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As.6950/2020, 12588/2020, 11510/2021 & 8588/2025 MCDONALDS CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Arpit Kalra & Mr. Aaditya Vats Sharma, Advocates.

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NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA Through: Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi Advocate for D-1. Mr. Vivek Jain & Ms. Sunny Verma, Ms. Nidhi & Ms. Samridhi Singh, Advocates for D-18 & 28 (M9811426480). Mr. Kartik Bhalla, Adv. for ICICI Bank (M. 9818707178) Mr. Jaydip Pati, Advocate for D-24. Ujjainwal for D-5, 2, 6 7, & 8. Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Mr. Sahonwlah Farmani Ali, Advocate for D-35&36 (M-9469448888) Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Ms Dharna Veragi, Mr. B. N. Mishra & Ms. Shilpa Chaursia, Advs. for D-13 to 17, 22, 26, 27, 31) Mr. Prashant Tripathi, Advocate for IDFC Bank (8239192326) Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates. Mr Yashu Rustagi, Adv. for BOB. Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Ms. Anvita Goel Mr. Prince Kumar Mr. Amrit Bhatia Advs. for D-5. Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Rajat Katyal, Mr. Harsh Sinha, Ms. Ruchika & Mr. Sparsh Agarwal, Advs. for Yes Bank. Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Adv. for Bharti Airtel Limited. Mr. Ateev Kumar Mathur & Mr. Amol Sharma, Advocates Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advs for D-57 (M: 95822 06578). Mr. Harsh Sinha, Adv. for Yes Bank. Mr. Amol Sharma, Mr. Aman Siwasiya & Mr. Tanmay Garg, Advs. for D-37. (M: 9958609042) Mr. Amit Tiwari, CSGC with Ms. Ayushi Srivastava for UOI (24) WITH + CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 2024[7] /2022, O.A.85/2024 SHOPPERS STOP LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Sanya Kapoor,Advs. (M:9810907412)

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M/S SHOPPERSTOP & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Anne Mathew, Advs. for D-5. Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare & Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Adv. (25) WITH + CS(COMM) 471/2020, I.As.9795/2020, 2961/2021, 2885/2022, 5509/2022, 15107/2022, 2939/2023, 10797/2023, 10798/2023, 22191/2023, 3236/2024, 41778/2024, 8901/2025, 8902/2025, 8903/2025 & 8904/2025 PB FINTECH LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Mr. Anish Jandial, Advocates.

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POLICY BAZAR FINANCE & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advs for D-9. Mr. Vivek Ojha, Adv. Mr.Yogesh Pachauri, Adv. for D-24 Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advs. for D-16 (M: 7827709253). Mr. Rohit Rattu, Adv. D-27 Kane, Advocates for D-42 Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Mr. Anant Gautam, Ms. Likivi K Jakhalu & Mr. Dinesh Sharma, Advs. Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advs. for D-57 (26) WITH + CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED..... Plaintiff Ms. Ramya Aggarwal & Mr. Sohrab versus NITIN KUMAR SINGH & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Ankur Prakash, Ms. Simran Gill, Mr. Yudhishthir Bhardwaj, Mr. Dhananjay, Mr. Amod Bidhuri & Mr. Saquib Siddiqui, Advocates for D-1 Mr. Akshit Chaudhary, Adv. for D-5. Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7. Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Sarvan Kumar and Mr. Satyam Singh, Advs. for UOI/D-18 & 19. Mr. K.K. Singh, Advocate for D-27. Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. Karan Khetani, Advs. [Mob:09810982927] (27) WITH + CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 KAMDHENU LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Adv. (M:7726021194) Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal & Mr. Arpit Dudeja, Advs. (M. 9810132015) Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal and Mr. Nitin, Advs.

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RAGHUNATH VIRDHARAM BISHNOI AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advocates. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for D-3. Mr. Rishi Kapoor and Mr. Satish Rai, Advocates for D-3. (M:8368148214) Ujjainwal Advocates for D-8. Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan & Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advs for D-7. and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-10 (M-99101983636) Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocates. Bhardwaj, Advs. for Reliance Jio. (28) WITH + CS(COMM) 12/2022, I.As.263/2022 & 20922/2022 NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS INC..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Dushyant Mahant, Mr. Urfee Roomi and Mr. Ayush Dixit, Advocates (M: 7011629381).

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NBSTORESININDIA.IN & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC with Mr. Tribhuvan & Mr. Ishaan Malhotra, Advs. for D-15 Mr. Apoorv Kurup, CGSC; Ms. Nidhi Mittal; Ms. Muskaan Gupta, Advs. for D-16 (M. 8826584325) Mr Naveen Kumar Jain, Adv. D-17 Mr Shivam Narang, Adv. for D-26 Mr. Akshay Goel, Ms. Vishali Nahar, Mr. Paras Arora, Advs. for D-13. Mr. Rakesh Kumar CGSC with Mr. Sunil Adv. (M: 9811549455) (29) WITH + CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As.612-13/2022, 954/2022 HT MEDIA LTD..... Plaintiff Mann, Advocates. (M:8017571175)

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POOJA SHARMA & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr Firoz Iqbal Khan, Mohd Shad Advocate, Advs. for D-4 for Bharti Airtel Limited Ujjainwal Advs. for D-19. Mr Anand Kumar Shukla, Mr. Suaib Ahmed, Mr. Mohd.Shad & Mr. Firoz Gandhi, Advs. for R-4 and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs for D-20. Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. Mr Suaib Ahmed Khan and MD Shad, Advs. with Defendant Shammi Alam Khan. Mr. Mohd Shad, Mr. Firoz Gandhi along with Defendant no. 4. (30) WITH + CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As.819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022, 48352/2024, 49655/2024 KAJARIA CERAMICS LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Aditya Vats Sharma & Mr. Aprit Kalra, Advs.

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GODADDY.COM LLC & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Ujjainwal Advs. for D-1. Mr. Sandhya Chawla, Adv. for D-2. Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Adv. for Bharti Airtel. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for d-4 Ms. Kirti Bhardwaj, Adv. for D-5(b). Samir, Advocate (M-9810455716) Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Ms Dharna Veragi, Mr. B. N. Mishra & Ms. Shilpa Chaursia, Advs. for D-6. Ms. Riya, Adv. for RBL bank (31) WITH + CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 BAJAJ FINACE LTD & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus NIKO DAS & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-3. Mr Prashant Prakash, Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advs. for D-4. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for D-7. Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. V. Dang & Ms. Aditi, Advs. for D-3. (M:9971586598) Advs. (32) WITH + CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus UNILEVERR[1].IN & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Advocate Mr. Rahul Chauhan, Ms. Aishwarya Mishra Advocates for D-21. Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25 Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms Aishwarya Hiremath & Varnik Kundaliya, Advs. for D-20. Mr. M.K. Tiwari and Mr. R Mishra, Advs. for D-18 & 19. Mr. Varun Chugh and Ms. Shagun Chugh, Advs. for Mr. Utsava Magotra, Adv. (33) WITH + CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 AMAZON SELLER SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiffs Samyak Bilala Advs. for D-8.

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7899682206) Mr. Navneet Mishra, Adv. for Ms. Ritu Mishra Adv. for D-6 (M: 9318374047). Mr. Prashant Prakash, Adv. for D-7. Ms Yukti Gupta, Adv. for HDFC Bank Mr. Arjun Mookerjee, Mr. Nikhil Gupta, Ms. Nikita Rathi, Mr. Rishabh Agarwal and Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advs for D-8 (M-9167094381) Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for D- 10. Mr. Vineet Dhanda, CGSC with Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. for UOI/D-18 & 19. Mr. Harshal Arora, Adv. for D-5. Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, & Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advs. for D-4. Mr. Sharique Hussain, Adv. for HDFC Ms Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6 Canara Bank (M- 9873796792) (34) WITH + CS (COMM) 303/2022, I.As.7302/2022, 7307/2022, 17365/2022, 19451/2022, 21036/2022, 169/2023, 1932/2023, 1933/2023, 3319/2023, 7338/2023, 8120/2023, 11597/2023, 13276/2023, 17896/2023, 24159/2023, 720/2024, 3785/2024, 42225/2024, 3995/2025 & 6833/2025 BURGER KING CORPORATION..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Mukul Kochhar, Advocate.

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SWAPNIL PATIL & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Kumar Vishwjeet, Adv. for D-15 Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC, Mr. Tribhuvan, Advs. for D-15 Mr D.C. Tripathi, Advocate for D-19. Mr. Ramesh Kumar Mahaliyan, Adv. for D-20 (M. 8275092500) Ms. Meenakshi Ogra, Mr. Tarun Khurana, Mr. Rishi Vohra & Ms Chhavi Panday, Advs. Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404) Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Mr. Anant Gautam, Ms. Likivi K Jakhalu & Mr. Dinesh Sharma, Advs. Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv for Indian Bank (M. 8882149812) Mr. Arun Kumar Shukla, Mr. Naman Shukla, Ms. Nehal Kharyal & Mr. Yasharth Shukla, Advs. for D-8 Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Advocate Ujjainwal Advs. for D-16 Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Advocate Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Adv. for Bank of Maharashtra. (M:9899491980) Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Prashant Arora, Advocates for D-14. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-16 (M:9987115749). Ms. Shivani Shah, Mr. Amandeep Singh, Ms. Amrita Rana, Mr. Dev Bhardwaj, Advs for D-20 (M: 9005669985). Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. Ms. Asmita Kumar, Adv. for D-12. (M: 8709271180) (35) WITH + CS (COMM) 389/2022 & I.As. 9069/2022, 12578/2022 THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Ms. Neeharika Chauhan, Mr. Naqeeb Nawab, Ms. Sejal Tayal, Ms. Pragya Choudhary, Advs.

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Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman CGSC with Mr. Zubin Singh and Mr. Akash Mishra, Adv for D-4 & 5. (M: 9891088658) Ujjainwal for D-12 (M: 9987115749) Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advo. for D-19. Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Ms. Vibhuti Vasisth, Advs. for D- Mr Yogesh Pachauri, Adv. for D-24 (36) WITH + CS (COMM) 113/2023 & I.As. 4200/2023, 21659/2023 INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOPERATIVE..... Plaintiff 8447960358).

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REGISTRANT OF IFFCOFRANCHISE.COM & ORS.. Defendants Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao Sr. Adv with Ms. Tine Abraham, Ms. Shivani Rawat, Mr. Mohanakrishna C., Mr. Abhi Udai Singh, Mr. Harshil Wason, Advocates for D-33. (M: 8054452858) Mr Varun Pathak, Mr Shyamal Anand, Mr. Thejesh Rajendran, Mr Tejpal Singh Rathore, Adv. for D-34 Mr Nitinjya Chaudhry, Sr Panel Counsel with Mr Rahul Mourya, Adv. for D-35 & 36 (M: 9810103680). Mr. Susmit Pushkar, Mr. Anchit Oswal, Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Ms. Naina Agarwal, Advs. for D-38. Mr. Ramesh Babu with Ms. Manisha Singh, Mohd. Shaurakh, Ms. Tanya Chowdhary and Ms. Jagriti Bharti, for Advs. D-39 Agarwal and Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advs. for D-27 (37) AND + CS (COMM) 610/2023 & I.A. 16723/2023, 647/2024 CRESSET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Sourabh Rath & Mr. Vibhore Yadav, Advs. (M: 9811153629)

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REGISTRANT OF WWW.CRESSETCAPITAL.IN, WWW.CRESSETINDIALIVE.LIVE & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Agarwal and Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advs. for D-6. Mr. Amit Tiwari, Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Ms. Ayushi Srivastava and Mr. Pratham Chawla, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. I.A. ….. /2025 in CS (Comm) 350/2020 (To be numbered)

2. At the outset, Mr. Ramesh Babu, ld. Counsel appearing for the Reserve Bank of India has mentioned and handed over an application seeking clarification of the order dated 7th February, 2025 passed in the present batch of matters.

3. It is submitted that there are two inadvertent errors in paragraphs 4 and 7 of the order dated 7th February, 2025. The prayer in the present application is extracted hereunder:

4. The Court has perused the present application and for the reasons stated therein, the same is allowed. Accordingly, the corrected paragraphs 4 and 7 of the order dated 7th February, 2025 shall read as under:

5. The present application be taken on record and be numbered by the Registry.

6. Application is disposed of in above terms. CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.A. 561/2019 CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.As.7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 96/2021 & 16148/2022 CS (COMM) 176/2021 CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412/2022, 1413/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716/2022, 35036/2024 & 45652/2024 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & I.As. 3423/2022, 1221/2023, 8858/2025 & 8859/2025 CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As.10851-52/2022, 12173/2022 CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As.5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022, 31775/2024 CS (COMM) 297/2019 CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As. 8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021 & 16707/2021 CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4596/2025 & 4597/2025 CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A.7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021, 1371/2021, 19495/2023 & 583/2024 CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A.10520-21/2020 CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022, 3304/2025 CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A.7329/2021 CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543/2021 CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020 CS(COMM) 250/2020 & I.A. 2285/2024 CS (COMM) 255/2020 CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As.6950/2020, 12588/2020, 11510/2021 & 8588/2025 CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 2024[7] /2022, O.A.85/2024 CS(COMM) 471/2020, I.As.9795/2020, 2961/2021, 2885/2022, 5509/2022, 15107/2022, 2939/2023, 10797/2023, 10798/2023, 22191/2023, 3236/2024, 41778/2024, 8901/2025, 8902/2025, 8903/2025 & 8904/2025 CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 CS(COMM) 12/2022, I.As.263/2022 & 20922/2022 CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As.612-13/2022, 954/2022 CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As.819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022, 48352/2024, 49655/2024 CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 CS (COMM) 303/2022, I.As.7302/2022, 7307/2022, 17365/2022, 19451/2022, 21036/2022, 169/2023, 1932/2023, 1933/2023, 3319/2023, 7338/2023, 8120/2023, 11597/2023, 13276/2023, 17896/2023, 24159/2023, 720/2024, 3785/2024, 42225/2024, 3995/2025 & 6833/2025 CS (COMM) 389/2022 & I.As. 9069/2022, 12578/2022 CS (COMM) 113/2023 & I.As. 4200/2023, 21659/2023 CS (COMM) 610/2023 & I.A. 16723/2023, 647/2024 Beneficiary Name Lookup Facility

7. On 7th February, 2025, the Court had passed certain directions qua National Payments Corporation of India (hereinafter “NCPI”) after considering the circular dated 30th December, 2024 titled “Introduction of beneficiary bank account name look-up facility for Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) Systems” issued by the Reserve Bank of India.

8. Pursuant to the said directions, the concerned officials of NPCI being Mr. Ajay Shyam Pal, In-Charge Products and Mr. Nitesh S.K., Lead Product Development, were present in Court on 15th February, 2025. An affidavit dated 14th February, 2025 was also filed by NPCI in terms of the directions passed on 7th February, 2025. The Court perused the same and after considering the submission of Mr. Pushkar, ld. Counsel for NPCI, following directions were passed:

individuals. The said list also contains names/marks of well known brands or companies which cannot be permitted to be registered as IDs of account holders without the permission of the said entity/brand holder. Further, the said list also includes various websites and well-known marks, organizational names, Government bodies, corporate designations which are not to be registered.

23. It is submitted by ld. Counsel for NPCI that the said list is only an indicative list prepared by NPCI for the information of the banks and the same is not a definitive list. It is also submitted that the directions to the respective bank would have to be issued by the Court for refraining from registering a particular string of words. The NPCI does not have the power to implement the same.

24. Considering the said submissions, let the ld. Counsel for the NPCI take instructions as to whether upon a Court being satisfied that a brand or a mark has acquired a status which is well known and there ought to be an order directing that no individuals should be allowed to register bank accounts or UPI Ids or VPAs with the said brand names, an advisory can be issued by the NPCI to all banks in this regard, which would thereafter have to be implemented by the banks themselves.”

9. Today, Mr. Pushkar, ld. Counsel submits that he has taken appropriate instructions on the specific query of the Court on the last date of hearing. It is submitted that it would not be possible for the NPCI to issue an advisory to the banks in terms of an order of the Court directing that no individuals should be allowed to register bank accounts or UPI IDs or VPAs with certain brand names. It is further submitted that the creation of UPI IDs or the VPAs is the responsibility of the respective banks and not of NPCI, accordingly, it is up to the banks, who permit registration of the IDs, to ensure that there is no violation or use of key words which are impermissible.

10. Considering the above, let the Indian Banks Association (hereinafter “IBA”) file an affidavit addressing the above, including the issue as to what measures can be taken by the IBA to ensure compliance by all banks of any order which may be passed by the Court directing that no individuals should be allowed to register bank accounts or UPI IDs or VPAs with the certain brand names.

11. Let the said affidavit be filed by the next date of hearing.

12. Adjournment is sought on behalf of ld. Counsel for IBA - Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam. Ld. Counsel is directed to remain physically present in Court on the next date to assist the Court in the present matter. Directions qua the Registries

13. On 7th February, 2025, after considering submissions of the parties in respect of powers of the Domain Name Registrars vis-à-vis the Registries to block and lock a particular word string from being registered as domain names, the Court issued notice to two Registries i.e., Registry Services LLC and Verisign, Inc.

14. Both the said Registries have entered appearance before the Court on 15th February, 2025, and after hearing the parties the Court had directed as under: “13. Pursuant to the order dated 7th February, 2025, notice was issued to the two Registries i.e., Registry Services LLC and Verisign, Inc., both the said parties have entered appearance before the Court. Mr. Chander Lall, ld. Sr. counsel appearing for Verisign, Inc. submits that he would like to file an affidavit explaining the role of Verisign, Inc. and also the steps that can be undertaken by Verisign, Inc. if directions are given by the Court.

14. Specifically, both these parties i.e., Registry Services LLC and Verisign, Inc., shall file their affidavits in respect of the following aspects: i. The domain name extensions that the said Registries manage and supervise; ii. Whether in respect of the said domain name extensions, orders for suspension, locking, blocking and transfer of the domain names can be implemented by them in respect of existing infringing domain names; iii. Whether the said Registries can also implement orders injuncting registration of infringing domain names in the future which contain the brands/trademarks as may be directed by the Court in the form of a TLD/word string.

15. In addition, National Internet Exchange of India (hereinafter “NIXI”) shall also file an affidavit in respect of the above directions.

16. At the moment, the said two registries are not being impleaded in any suit of the present batch matters. Upon consideration of the affidavits which they file, the Court shall pass further orders in this regard.”

15. Today, submissions have been made by Mr. Chander M. Lall, ld. Senior Counsel on behalf of Verisign Inc., by Ms. Swathi Sukumar, ld. Senior Counsel on behalf of Registry Services LLC, by Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, ld. Senior Counsel on behalf of GoDaddy.com LLC and Ms. Kruttika Vijay, ld. Counsel on behalf of Hosting Concepts B.V..

16. Mr. Chander M. Lall & Ms. Swathi Sukumar, ld. Sr. Counsels have handed over their affidavits to show as to what are the steps that the respective Registries can take or cannot take in terms of the queries which were put by the Court on 15th February, 2025.

17. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, ld. Sr. Counsel has handed over notes on behalf of GoDaddy.com LLC and Newfold Digital Inc. addressing the queries put forth by the Court on 7th February, 2025. Ms. Kruttika Vijay, ld. Counsel has also handed over a note on behalf of Hosting Concepts B.V. in terms of the order dated 7th February, 2025.

18. The Court has perused the said affidavits and notes handed over by the parties.

19. Ms. Kruttika Vijay, ld. Counsel has drawn attention of the Court to the note dated 5th April, 2025 handed over today on behalf of Hosting Concepts B.V., wherein examples of certain services which Hosting Concepts B.V. has signed onto as an accredited Domain Name Registrar, including the Trademark Clearinghouse (hereinafter “TMCH”) have been mentioned. It is stated that TMCH is a global repository of validated and registered trademarks established by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (hereinafter “ICANN”) to verify trademark data from multiple global regions and maintain a database with verified trademark records. The relevant paragraph of the said note is extracted hereunder:

accredited DNR include: a. Trademark Clearinghouse (TCMH): TCMH is a global repository of validated and registered trademarks established by ICANN to (i) verify trademark data from multiple global regions; and (ii) maintain a database with the verified trademark records. Currently, ICANN has only authorized Deloitte to provide trademark verification services for TCMH. The advantage of TCMH include: i. Brand owners whose trademark rights are verified by TCMH are provided with a Signed Mark Data (SMD) file, which is recognized by several registries as proof of minimum eligibility requirements. ii. New gTLD registries utilizing TCMH are required to offer a sunrise period for registration of domain names to brand owners at least 30 days prior to public access. iii. On new gTLD registries utilizing TCMH, for a 90-day period after launch, registrants attempting to register a second-level domain name will receive a warning if the name matches an entry in the TCMH. If the registrant registers the name anyway, the rights owner will receive a notification from the Trademark Claims system. iv. Rights holders with trademarks registered in the TCMH can opt in to receive additional notifications of exact matches to names they have registered in the TCMH.”

20. It is further submitted by Ms. Kruttika Vijay, ld. Counsel, in respect of the privacy issues, that all accredited DNRs with ICANN are mandated to comply with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation passed by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (hereinafter “GDPR”).

21. Mr. Raj Shekhar Rao, ld. Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of ICANN submits that insofar as the TMCH and privacy issues in the context of GDPR are concerned, ICANN has already addressed the same in its responses to the questionnaires provided by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the same are annexed with the written submissions filed by ICANN in CS(Comm) 228/2021 titled Bajaj Finance Limited vs. Registrant of www.bajaj-finserve.org and others. Directions in the suits

22. Ld. Counsel for the Plaintiffs shall place one comprehensive compilation on record giving the following details:

(i) a list of all the domain names in each of the suits against which injunctions are being sought;

(ii) a table reflecting as to who are the Registrars and the Registries of the respective domain names against which injunctions have been sought in each suit.

23. In addition, the Plaintiffs shall also place on record, the list of all the pending I.A.s in each of the suits with the reliefs sought in the said applications.

24. The Plaintiffs have collectively suggested ld. Counsels Mr. Prajjwal Kushwaha (Mob. 7791065506) and Mr. Achyut Tewari (Mob. 8604633867) to act as nodal counsels for placing on record the above compilation along with the list of pending IAs.

25. Let the same be filed by the next date of hearing and a physical copy of the same be handed over to the Court Master one day before the next date.

26. List on 27th May, 2025.

PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE APRIL 5, 2025 dj/kk/msh