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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 02nd July, 2024 (8)
DABUR INDIA LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Prabhu Tandon, Ms. Kripa Pandit, and Mr. Sazid Rayeen, Advocates. (M: 7838499168)
Through: Mr. Yashvardhan Singh, Advocate for D-1. (M:9667056770)
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC,
Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates (M: 9810788606).
Ms. Geetanjali Viswanathan, Ms. Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advs. for D-5 (M-9910083144)
Mr. Dayan Krishnan Senior Advocate
Advocates for D-4. (M:9987115749)
Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-7.
(M:8800556341)
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates.
Mr. Apoorv Kurup & Ms. Kirti Dadheech , Advocates for R-3. (M:
8929015368)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates.
Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advocates.
(M:7827709253)
Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar Advocates.
Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate. (M:
8800009001)
Ms. Lakahmi Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-5.
(M: 9643233842)
Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD
Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI
Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell Mr. Sarfaraz Khan & Mr Abdul
Wahid, Advocates for UCO Bank (M- 9899140169)
JUDGMENT
(1) 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. (M-9079965359)
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OXIBUZZ.COM & ORS...... 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. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI (M-9999999045) with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager legal. (4) WITH + CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.A.561/2019 TATA SKY LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Ms. Rashmi Gogoi and Ms. Riya Rathi, Advs. (M:
9999255931)
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S G ENTERPREISES – TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES AND ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Ujjainwal, Advs. for D-5. (M:9987115749) Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-8. & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates. with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell Mr. Sanjay Gupta, and Mr. Amol Sharma Advs. for HDFC Bank (M.
9958609042) (5) WITH + CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022, 9583/2024, 10301/2024, 10295/2024 GUJARAT COOPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Mr. Shashwat Tyagi, Ms. Alisha Sharma, Advocates. (M.
8750600178)
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AMUL-FRANCHISE.IN & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Anil Soni, CGSC with Mr. Rahul Mourya, Mr. Devvrat Yadav, Adv. for UOI. (M:9560238258) Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, G.P. and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocate for UOI. (M:9811418995) Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate for D-26. Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, Adv. for D-37. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs. (M:9987115749) for D-27, 28 & 30. Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, and Ms. Shalini Jha, Advocates for D-37. (M:9871278525) Mr. Ramesh Babu, Ms. Manisha Singh, Ms. Jagriti Bharti, and Ms. Tanya Chowdhary, Advocate for D-38 (M: 9971671294). Ms. Ekta Choudhary, Ms. Anisha, Mr. Divyank Dutt Dwivedi, Advocates. Mr. Vihan Dang and Mr. Parva Khare & Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advs for D-52. Ms. Jagriti Bharti on behalf of Mr. Ramesh Babu, Adv. for RBI. (6) WITH + CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.A.1435/2024 SNAPDEAL PRIVATE LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Devyani Nath & Mr. Shiv Mehrotra, Advocates. (M:7042547106)
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GODADDYCOM LLC AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs. (M:9987115749)for D-1, 10, 2,3,4, 23, 26, 31. (M:9987115749) Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Mr. Parva Khare Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-1 & 10. Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-9. (M:9910083144) Ms. Pallavi Singh Rai, Adv; Mr. Shubhaankar Ray, Advs. for D-24. Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain & Ms. Shalini Jha, for D-34. (M:9871278525) Mr. Shatrajit Banerji, Advocate for D-24. (M: 8527862988) Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, Adv. for D-34. (M:9871278525) (7) WITH + CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As.6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716/2022 BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED..... Plaintiff Ms. Alisha Sharma, Advocates. (M.
8750600178)
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REGISTRANT OF WWW.BAJAJ-FINSERVE.ORG & ORS...... Defendants Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee,Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocate for D- 6,7,11,12,14,17 and 22. Mr. Manish Paliwal, and Ms. Himanshi Kaushik, Advocates for D-18. (M:8448257585) Mr. Aditya Gupta, Ms. Aishwarya, Mr. Sauhard Alung and Ms. Asvari Jain, Advocates for D-19. (M:9910083144) 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-28. (M:
8054452858) Mr. Ashok Kumar & Ms. Chhavi Arora, Advocates for D-31. (M:9810011826). Ms. Swati Aggarwal, Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Aasish Samasi and Mr. Mohit Singh, Advs. for GoDaddy. Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell. (9) 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, Advocate for D-6. Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-10. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Ujjainwal Advocates. for D-7. Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocates for D-19 & 20. (M:9999999045) Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. (10) WITH + CS (COMM) 490/2022 & I.As.11324/2023, 2872/2024 INFINITI RETAIL LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404)
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M/S CROMA WHOLESELLER & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Anuj Srivastava, Advocate. (M:9999690774) Mr. Piyush Singhal, Mr. Paras Khurana & Ms. Himanshi Jain, Advs. for D-15. (M:8810488484) Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv for Indian Bank (M. 8882149812) Ms. Richa Kapoor, Mr. Kunal Anand, Ms. Shisham Pradhan Mr. Deepak Singh Advs. for D-19. (M:8791519300) Mr.D.C Tripathi, Adv. for D-18 Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Ujjainwal Advocates for D-4 (M:9987115749). Ms. Sonia Munjal, Adv. for D-22. Samyak Bilala Advs. for D-27. Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC for UOI. Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Parshant Arora, Advocates for VI. (11) 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. Samyak Bilala Advs. Advocates for UOI (M-9999999045) 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, Advocates for D-7 (M-9711443294). SI Prince Kumar, PS Hauz Khas. Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI (12) WITH + CS (COMM) 297/2019 MOTHER DAIRY FRUIT & VEGETABLE PVT. LTD...... Plaintiff KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Ravi Shankar Mahto, Advocate for D-1. (13) 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: Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar versus WWW.ULTRATECHCEMENTS.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Ms. Swati Agarwal, Advocates for D-5 to
7. (M:9650001297) Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra & Mr. Gagan Gupta, Advocates for D-9. (M:9990937838) Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC for UOI. (M-999910115) (14) WITH + CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020 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, Advocate for D-25 (M: 9971644936). Ujjainwal Advocates for D-18. (15) 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 versus ASHOK KUMAR & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6. Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen Goyal, Mr L R Goyal Advocates for D-12. (M:8826767020) Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-14. Ms. Asmita Kumar, Advocate for D-31. (M:9899967516) Mr Rajiv Kapur, Mr. Akshit Kapur and Mr. Aditya Saxena, Advocates for SBI (M: 9634644652). (16) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A.10520-21/2020 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Dolly Luthra and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates for D-1, 2 & 3. (M:9911995000) (17) WITH + CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INC...... Plaintiff versus WWW.JOCKEYFRANCHISE.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vivek Jain and Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Advs. for D-4. (M:9871863446) (18) WITH + CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022 GODREJ PROPERTIES LTD..... Plaintiff versus ASHOK KUMAR & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-2. (19) WITH + CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A.7329/2021 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus TECH HERACLES OPC PRIVATE LIMITED Through: Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD Mr Rajiv Kumar Malik, Mrs. Megha, Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advocates for D-1 to 3. Advocates for UOI (20) 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, Advocates for Airtel (M-9810455716) 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 (M: 9818455555). (21) WITH + CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 THE HIMALAYA DRUG COMPANY & ORS...... Plaintiffs versus Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Ujjainwal. Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advocates for Go Daddy (M: 9987115749). Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Ms. Shweta Sahu, Ujjainwal, Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Mr. Amrit Bhatia Advs. (M. 9987115749) Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocate for D-29 (M-9311325398) Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-17. (M: 9910083144) (22) WITH + CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020 XIAOMI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Peeyoosh Kalra, Mr. C.A. Brijesh, Mr. Krisna Gambhir, Ms. Simranjot Kaur, 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. (M:
9717906181) Ujjainwal Advocates for D-29 (M.
9987115749) Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Parshant Arora, Advs. for VI. (23) WITH + CS (COMM) 255/2020 INDIAMART INTERMESH LIMITED.... Plaintiff versus MR.
AKASH VERMA & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Uday Singh Chopra, Mr. Saransh Saini and Mr. Ujjawal Bhargava for D-2. (M: 9399304251). Mr. Rishi Kapoor & Ms. Yashika Kapoor, Advocates for D-3. (M:7011263450)) Ms. Meenakshi Dutta, Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra & Mr. Gautam Harshwal, Advocates for D-4 & 7. (M:
9521151974) Mr Ankit Rastogi and Mr Saransh Saini, Advocates. Mr. Saransh, Advocate for Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC (Crml.),GNCTD. (M: 9717417996) Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms. Keya Rawat, Advocates. (24) AND + CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As.6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023, 15626/2023 MCDONALDS CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Ms. Rima Majumdar, Ms. Shilpi Sinha and Mr. Aaditya Vats, versus NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA Through: Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi Advocate for D-1. Mr. Vivek Jain & Mr. Aastha Tiwari, Ms. Tulasi Mukhi, 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 (M: 9987115749). Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Mr. Sahonwlah Farmani Ali, Advocate for D-35&36 (M-9469448888) Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Ms Dharna Veragi, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates for D-13 to 17, 22, 26, 27, 31) Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates. Mr Yashu Rustagi, Advocate for BOB. 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. for D-5 (M. Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Rajat Katyal & Mr. Harsh Sinha, Adv. for Yes Bank. for Bharti Airtel Limited (M: 9818455555). Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advocates for D-57 (M: 95822 06578). Mr. Harsh Sinha, Advocate for Yes Bank. (25) WITH + CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 2024[7] /2022, O.A.85/2024 SHOPPERS STOP LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Sagar Chandra, Ms. Shubhie Wahi, Ms. Ankita Seth and Ms. Sanya Kapoor, Advocates. (M:9810907412)
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M/S SHOPPERSTOP & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. P.S. Sudheer and Ms. Anne Mathew, Advs. for D-5. (M:9891760039) Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate. (26) 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, 31969/2024, 31970/2024, 31973/2024, 31974/2024 PB FINTECH LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Ms. Vasanthi Hariharan, Advocates.
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POLICY BAZAR FINANCE & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Ujjainwal Advocates for D-9. (M:9987115749). Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi for D-16 (M: 7827709253). Mr. Rohit Rattu, Adv. D-27 (M. 9650875817). Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-42 Mr Rajesh Kumar Gautam Adv, Mr Anant Gautam Adv, Mr R P Daida Adv, Mr Dinesh Sharma Adv, Ms Anani Achumi, Ms Shivani Sagar, Advs. for R-51 (M. 8860853124) Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advocates for D-57 (M: 95822 06578). (27) WITH + CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED..... Plaintiff 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, Advocate for D-5. Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7. Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Kamaldeep, Advocate for UOI/D-18 & 19. Mr. K.K. Singh, Advocate for D-27. Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. (28) WITH + CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 KAMDHENU LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocate. (M:7726021194) Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal & Mr. Arpit Dudeja, Advs. (M.
9810132015)
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RAGHUNATH VIRDHARAM BISHNOI AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advocates. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate 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 and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-7. (M:8800556341) and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-10 (M-99101983636) Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare & Ms. Shweta Sahu Advs for D-8. Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocates. Bhardwaj, Advs. for Reliance Jio. (29) 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, Adv, CGSC; Mr. Tribhuvan, Adv for D-15 (M. 9811472444) Mr. Apoorv Kurup, CGSC; Ms. Nidhi Mittal; Ms. Muskaan Gupta, Advs. for D-16 (M. 8826584325) Mr Naveen Kumar Jain, Adv. D-17 (M. 9971759700). Mr Shivam Narang, Advocate for D-26 Mr. Akshay Goel, Ms. Vishali Nahar, Mr. Paras Arora, Advs. for D-13 (M. 98117 83019) (30) 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, Advocates for D-4 (M. (8010352077) for Bharti Airtel Limited Ujjainwal Advocates for D-19. Mr Anand Kumar Shukla, Adv. D-20. (M:9911983636). Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. (31) WITH + CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As.819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022 KAJARIA CERAMICS LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Rima Majumdar, Mr. Aditya Vats and Ms. Shilpi Sinha, Advocates. (M:9818202368)
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GODADDY.COM LLC & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Ujjainwal Advocates for D-1. Mr. Sandhya Chawla, Adv. for D-2. for Bharti Airtel. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for d-4 Ms. Kirti Bhardwaj, Adv. for D-5(b). Samir, Advocate (M-9810455716) Mr. Santosh Kr. Rout, Ms. Dharna Veragi, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates for D-6. (32) 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 D-3. Mr Prashant Prakash, Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4 (M: 9910014062). Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate for D-7. for Bharti Airtel Limited. Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. V. Dang & Ms. Aditi, Advocates for D-3. (M:9971586598) (33) 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 for Bharti Airtel Limited. Mr. Rahul Chauhan, Ms. Aishwarya Mishra Advocates for D-21. Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25 Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms Aishwarya Hiremath and Varnik Kundaliya, Advocates for D-20 (M:9481929037) (34) 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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AMAZONBUYS.IN & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vineet Dhanda CGSC for UOI (M: 9811013810). Mr. Raghav Awasthi, Advocate for D-5. Mr. Navneet Mishra, Advocate for Ms. Ritu Mishra Advocate for D-6 (M: 9318374047). Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate for D-7. Ms Yukti Gupta, Advocate for HDFC Bank Ms. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta & Mr. Aayush Kevlani, Advocates for D-8 (M-9167094381) Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for D-10. Mr. Vineet Dhanda, CGSC with Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocate for UOI/D-18 & 19. Mr. Harshal Arora, Advocate for D-5. (M:9711986759) Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4. Ms Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6 Canara Bank (M- 9873796792) (35) 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 BURGER KING CORPORATION..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Meenakshi Ogra, Mr. Tarun Khurana, Mr. Rishi Vohra & Ms Chhavi Panday, Advs. (M:7291005464) Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404) Mr Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Mr Anant Gautam, Mr R P Daida, Mr Dinesh Sharma, Ms Anani Achumi, Ms Shivani Sagar, Advocates for R-11 (M. 8860853124) Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv for Indian Bank (M. 8882149812) Mr. Kumar Vishwjeet, Adv. for D-15 (M. 9718909886) 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) Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Advocate Ujjainwal Advocates for D-16 (M.
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SWAPNIL PATIL & ORS...... Defendants CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates. Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Advocate (M. 9818455555) Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Advocate for Bank of Maharashtra. (M:9899491980) 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. Vinay Ranjan, Mr. Manu Pratap Singh, Advs for D-20 (M: 9005669985). (36) 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. Sachin Dubey, Mr. Debarchan De, Adv for D-4 & 5. Ujjainwal for D-12 (M: 9987115749) Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate for D-19. (37) WITH + CS (COMM) 113/2023 & I.As. 4200/2023, 21659/2023 INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOPERATIVE..... Plaintiff Ms. Alisha Sharma, Advocates.
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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, Adv., Mr. Anchit Oswal, Adv., Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv., Ms. Naina Agarwal, Adv. for D-38. Mr. Ramesh Babu with Ms. Manisha Singh and Ms. Jagriti Bharti, for Advs. D-39 (M. 9873922734) Mr. Nitinjya Chaudhry, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Rahul Mourya Advs. for D-35 Ms. Jagriti Bharti on behalf of Mr. Ramesh Babu, Adv. for RBI. Ms. Tanya Chaudhry, Mr. Rishabh Agarwal, Advs. for Godaddy. (38) 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, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr. Samyak Bilala Advs. for D-6. (M:9990952258) CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)
1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
2. The present batch of matters relate to domain names being registered by unknown third parties infringing trade mark rights of various brand owners and implementation of Court orders by the Domain Name Registrars (‘DNR’s). In response to the challenges arising out of unauthorised registrations, from time to time, various directions have been passed by this Court in respect of blocking, locking and suspending of the infringing domain names, and implementation of Court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be located in India
3. Ld. Counsels on behalf of the Plaintiffs have commenced their submissions. Mr. Siddharth Chopra, ld. Counsel has appeared in CS (COMM)s 26/2022, 113/2023, 233/2022, 275/2022, 364/2022, 399/2021 and 475/2022. He has also handed over written submissions and judgments.
4. Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, ld. Counsel appearing in CS(COMM)135/2022 has also commenced his arguments.
5. Ms. Jagriti, ld. Counsel appearing for the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) has handed over an affidavit of the RBI dated 2nd July, 2024. As per the said affidavit, which has been deposed by one Ms. Geeta, Assistant General Manager in the Department of Supervision with the RBI, the verification of the beneficiary’s name called the beneficiary’s name lookup facility as captured in the order dated 26th May, 2023 has now been implemented in respect of member participants of the immediate payment service. As per the affidavit, banks would be advised by December 2024, to extend the said facility for IFSC or mobile number and MMID (including RTGS and NEFT). The relevant portions of the affidavit are set out below:
6. The said affidavit is taken on record. Let the RBI’s counsel ensure that the affidavit is brought on record.
7. In addition, ld. Counsel submits that in terms of the previous order dated 15th April, 2024 in respect of circulation of Standard Operating Procedures (‘SOP’) for cooperation with the law enforcement agencies, the affidavit states that the Indian Bank Association (‘IBA’) has finalized an updated SOP in consultation with Central Intelligence Economic Bureau (‘CEIB’) and the same has been circulated vide email dated 3rd June, 2024. The copy of the said email along with the SOP has been attached to this affidavit. A copy of this affidavit be provided to Ms. Hethu Arora Sethi, ld. ASC who can circulate within the Delhi Police and any other law enforcement agencies who may need cooperation from various banks.
8. List all the matters for further hearing on 23rd August, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.
9. List CS(COMM) 350/2020, CS(COMM) 176/2021, CS(COMM) 255/2020, CS(COMM) 324/2020 and CS(COMM) 471/2020 on 9th August, 2024 and 23rd August, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. for consideration of certain applications.
PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE JULY 02, 2024/Rahul/bh