Dabur India Limited v. Ashok Kumar and Ors.

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. (22) 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. (23) 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. 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. Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell. Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Parshant Arora, Advocates for VI. (24) WITH + CS(COMM) 193/2019 &I.As.5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022 COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan & Mr. Rohil Bansal, Advs.(M-9079965359)

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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 (25) WITH + CS (COMM) 297/2019 MOTHER DAIRY FRUIT & VEGETABLE PVT. LTD...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank, versus KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Ravi Shankar Mahto, Advocate for D-1. (26) 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) (27) WITH + CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020 MONTBLANC SIMPLO GMBH..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand & Mr. Devesh Ratan, Advs. (M:9810333571) Mr. Manish Biala, Advocate.

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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. (28) 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 Through: Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, Mr Siddhant Chamola, Advocates.

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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 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). (29) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A.10520-21/2020 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

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PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Dolly Luthra and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates for D-1, 2 & 3. (M:9911995000) (30) WITH + CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INC...... Plaintiff Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank, Advs. (M:880052025[8])

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WWW.JOCKEYFRANCHISE.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vivek Jain and Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Advs. for D-4. (M:9871863446) (31) WITH + CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022 GODREJ PROPERTIES LTD..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Vibhav Mithal and Mr. Achyut Tiwari, Advocates. (M:8447458389)

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ASHOK KUMAR & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-2. (32) WITH + CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A.7329/2021 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

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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 (33) WITH + CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021 TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan Mr. Achuthan Sreekumar & Mr. Rohil Bansal Advocates. (M:9079965359)

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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). (34) WITH + CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 THE HIMALAYA DRUG COMPANY & ORS...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms. Prachi Agarwal and Ms. Ms. Ridhie Bajaj, Advocates. (M:8800972785)

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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) (35) 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. (36) WITH + CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As.5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022 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. (37) 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. (38) WITH + CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 2024[7] /2022 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. (39) 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 PB FINTECH LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Ms. Vasanthi Hariharan, Advocates.

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). (40) WITH + CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED..... Plaintiff 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. (41) 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. (42) 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) (43) 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. D-20. (M:9911983636). Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. (44) 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. (45) 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) (46) 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) (47) 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. G. Mirza, Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4. (M:7434045442) Mr Rishab Raj Jain, Mr. Sharique Hussain, Mr. Sohit Choudhary, 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) (48) 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. Ramesh Kumar Mahaliyan, Adv. for D-20 (M. 8275092500) 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, Advocates (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, Advocates for D-20 (M: 9005669985). (49) 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. (50) 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 (51) 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 (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. Vide order dated 24th November 2023, after grievances were raised by law enforcement agencies, particularly the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police, various banks were directed to improve coordination and information disclosure. In order to facilitate the same, this Court directed that a meeting take place between the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs and relevant parties to address all the issues/concerns raised by the law enforcement agencies. Thereafter, in order dated 1st February, 2024, this Court recorded that as per an affidavit dated 16th January, 2024, placed on record by the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’), Standard Operating Procedures (‘SOPs’) for information exchange between banks and various law enforcement agencies were established and circulated to all necessary parties. Further, on the said date, Mr. Ramesh Babu, ld. Counsel for RBI highlighted that SOPs mandate strict deadlines for banks to provide requested information to law enforcement agencies. However, Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ld. ASC appearing for the Delhi Police highlighted that some banks failed to provide the requested information to the Delhi Police Cyber Cell.

4. This Court had considered the said submissions made by the parties and the affidavit of RBI. After considering the same, this Court observed that while the SOP and its implementation were progressing, there was still work to be done. Consequently, this Court directed the IBA to convene further meetings of the concerned sub-groups and concerned sub-committee to ensure all banks adhere to the SOP regarding the disclosure of information to law enforcement agencies. In addition, vide order dated 1st February, 2024, notice was issued to the Indian Bank Association (‘IBA’) and IBA was directed to place on record their stand in respect of the implementation of the SOPs. Mr. Gautam, ld. Counsel appears for the IBA and has filed an affidavit of Mr. Srinivasa Rao, who is working as the Senior Advisor to the IBA. Mr. Rao has also joined virtually in the proceedings today.

5. As per the said affidavit, an SOP was already in place for providing information as requested by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), however, the said SOP has now been again updated to meet the growing needs of LEAs. In fact, the said affidavit records that the working group/subgroup was made for the said purpose and the Central Intelligence Economic Bureau (‘CIEB’) has made an updated SOP. The CIEB had vide its letter dated 11th April, 2022 approved the said earlier SOP and the same was shared with all the member banks. The SOP which is currently operating is SOP-1 dated 11th April, 2022.

6. The RBI, thereafter, on 10th January, 2024 informed the IBA and banks that a meeting was held with the MHA including DGPs and high-ranking police officials. The LEAs had raised a request that the banks had to respond in a timely manner to the complaints lodged on National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (‘NCRP’) and that complaints which were lodged on holidays, weekends, etc., ought to be quickly responded to. The said email dated 10th January, 2024 by the RBI has also been annexed with the said affidavit. A further subgroup was then created by the IBA and a draft version of the updated SOP i.e., SOP-2 was designed on 7th March, 2024. The said updated SOP is annexed with the affidavit. The affidavit of Mr. Rao states as under: “2.4. That subsequently, RBI vide its mail dated 10/01/2024 informed that a High-Level Meeting on prevention of cybercrimes was held by RBI with a team of Senior Officials from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) including 14C and DGPs of some States. The LEAs were of the view that there was a need for Banks to expedite:

(i) Response to the complaints lodged on National

(ii) Response to the complaints lodged over weekend/

(iii) Timely sharing of information sought by LEAs etc.

2.5. That to examine the issues referred by RBI, IBA has constituted a Sub Group of 11 Banks (Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Canara Bank, Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda and Standard Chartered Bank) to discuss on the above points and to place the deliberations before the Standing committee and Management committee of IBA. The Sub Group deliberated on the subject and made suggestions for further streamlining the process and a draft SOP was designed on 07th March 2024. Copy of the updated SOP dated 07.03.2024 is annexed herewith and marked as Annexure CA-3.

2.6. That the above Draft SOP was deliberated and approved in the Standing Committee meeting held on 07/03/2024 and thereafter approved in the Management Committee held on 21/03/2024. We have forwarded the revised SOP to CEIB and RBI for their consent on 21.03.2024. On securing concurrence of CEIB & RBI, the same is proposed to be circulated among Member Banks/FIs for considering adoption.”

7. The Court has heard ld. Counsel for the IBA, Mr. Rao as also the RBI. A perusal of the SOP 2 which is annexed with the affidavit would show that nodal officers as a Single Point Of Contact (‘SPOC’) have to exist in every bank for responding to information sought by LEAs. A dedicated email address has also been directed to be created, for the said purpose, which needs to be active 24x[7], and insofar as the compliance officers are concerned their contact numbers, email IDs and postal address has also to be made available on the website.

8. The updated SOP also consists of timelines for submission of information to LEAs. The timelines which have been set out in the affidavit is as under:

9. Mr. Ramesh Babu, ld. Counsel for the RBI, submits that once the SOP 2 is approved and forwarded to the CEIB and thereafter to the RBI, the same would be communicated to all banks for compliance.

10. In this background, considering the fact that in terms of the affidavit, before the updated SOP is notified to all the banks by the RBI, there could be some time gap in the communication and the implementation of the updated SOP, in the meantime, while the process of finalising and circulation of the SOP 2 by the RBI is continuing, the above-mentioned timelines shall be broadly adhered to by the banks so that the information requested by LEAs can be given in a timely and efficient manner. Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC appearing on behalf of the Delhi Police re-emphasises the fact that sometimes it is taking as many as ten reminders to the banks to provide the information being sought by the Delhi Police and even the nodal officers are not responding.

11. It is made clear that any such bank which is found to be not providing the information sought, within the timelines captured above, would be liable for stringent action. The nodal officers would also be responsible for ensuring providing of information to LEAs including the Delhi Police. The process of finalisation of the updated SOP, both by the CEIB as also by the RBI, to continue in an efficient manner and be concluded by 30th May, 2024. Subsequently, the SOP 2 shall be communicated to all banks for appropriate action and compliance.

12. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, ld. Senior Counsel appearing for GoDaddy LLC has made further submissions today. Ld. Senior counsel submits that he needs half hour more to conclude his submissions.

13. Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan, ld. CGSC has also handed over a short affidavit deposed by the Under Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs informing the Court that a meeting was convened on 1st April, 2024 and an agency Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (‘I4C’) has been established. In the meeting discussions took place regarding various issues of coordination of cybercrime. After the said meeting, where inputs were received from various LEAs, the I4C was set up with the mandate as under: “8. The Ministry of Home Affairs has rolled out the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) which has the mandate to develop effective coordination and cooperation amongst the LEAs of States/UTs and other stakeholders of cybercrime.

9. The I4C provides two modes of reporting online cybercrime complaints. First mode is through "National Cybercrime Reporting Portal" (NCRP) website [www.cybercrime.gov.in] and the second mode is through National Cybercrime Toll-free Helpline No. 1930. The NCRP portal is designed for reporting all types of cybercrime including online financial crimes. The NCRP portal is composed of two components - one for citizen complaint reporting and another for the Police to monitor and act up on those complaints and access other resources. The portal allows victims of cybercrime to easily lodge their complaints without having to visit any police stations. The portal helps the States/UTs to monitor various types of cybercrimes originating both nationally and internationally and take necessary steps to curb them.

10. The Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS) has been developed by I4C to integrate Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), banks, and financial intermediaries to take immediate action against financial cyber frauds. The system empowers both banks and the police by allowing them to share online fraud-related information in real-time, enabling them to take swift action. The system traces the flow of crime proceeds through the financial channels and aims to prevent the outflow by timely interventions. Without timely intervention, the outflow of the crime proceeds is not possible to stop in the financial system. All States/Union Territories (UTs) and 293 Banks and Financial Institutions have been onboarded to CFCFRMS so far for effective visibility and to take swift action on the movements of fraudulently reported amounts and mark lien or freeze the same within the financial channels by the Law Enforcement agencies. The Law Enforcement Agencies of all States/UTs take necessary actions on the complaints received online on the portal as per law. l4C, Ministry of Home Affairs has no intervention in the process.

12. The l4C has constituted seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) [as tabulated below] in consultation with the States/UTs on the basis of cybercrime hotspots/areas for effective coordination of Law Enforcement Agencies. JCCT is mandated to achieve effective coordination among States/UTs for inter-state investigation assistance, intelligence-led operation, criminal profiling, data. Sharing, identification of suspects, real-time exchange of information, and cooperating on all other aspects of cybercrime and cyber threats. The JCCT is a regional grouping of States/UTs that can work together and also collaborate with the I4C, New' Delhi, broadly in the areas of being a knowledge and resources sharing platform to holistically tackle cybercrime.”

14. Ld. Counsel for the parties may peruse this affidavit and make their submissions as to whether this portal could be used to address concerns of IP owners as well.

15. List on 7th CS (COMM) 176/2021, CS (COMM) 490/2022, CS(COMM) 12/2022

16. List on 29th April, 2024. CS (COMM) 135/2022, CS(COMM) 193/2019, CS (COMM) 293/2021

17. List on 30th April, 2024. CS (COMM) 255/2020, CS(COMM) 471/2020, CS (COMM) 303/2022

18. List on 2nd PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE APRIL 15, 2024/dk/dj/mr/bh/am