Dabur India Limited v. Ashok Kumar and Ors.

Delhi High Court · 24 Nov 2023 · 2023:DHC:8449
Prathiba M. Singh
CS (COMM) 135/2022
2023:DHC:8449
administrative other Procedural

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The Delhi High Court directed banks and entities to cooperate diligently with Cyber Crime Cells by appointing nodal officers and responding to police queries, and called for coordinated efforts among state Cyber Crime Cells under the Ministry of Home Affairs to effectively combat cybercrime.

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CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 24th November, 2023 (67)
CS (COMM) 135/2022 & I.As. 3423/2022, 9363/2022, 12156/2022, 16505/2022, 1221/2023, 1222/2023
DABUR INDIA LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, and Mr. Kripa Pandit, Advocates. (M:9810013453)
VERSUS
ASHOK KUMAR AND ORS ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Yashvardhan Singh, Advocate for D-1. (M:9667056770)
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander
Mathai Paikaday, Advocates (M:
9810788606).
Ms. Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advs. for D-5 (M-9910083144)
Mr. Dayan Krishnan Senior Advocate with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal
Advocates for D-4. (M: 9987115749)
Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-7.
(M:8800556341)
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate with Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
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 with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai
Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum , Inspector Suneel
Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam.
ACP Raman Lamba with Insp. Suneel Siddhu, IFSO, Special Cell.
Mr. Sarfaraz Khan & Mr Abdul Wahid, Advocates for UCO Bank (M-
9899140169)
JUDGMENT
(17)
WITH
CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019
TATA SKY LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Advocate. (M:
9999255931)
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S G ENTERPREISES – TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES AND ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-5. (M:9987115749) Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-8. (M:9990526912) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters (42) 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. 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. Mr. Tentu Satyanarayan, Director (Legal), UIDAI & Mr. Tanmaya Nirmal, Deputy Manager (Legal & Policy), UIDAI (M-9899113033). Mr. Kushagra Goel & Mr. Abhimanyu Yadav, Advocates for D-7 (M- 9711443294). Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates SI Prince Kumar, PS Hauz Khas. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI (43) 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, Advocates.
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KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Ravi Shankar Mahto, Advocate for D-1. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (44) 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 Advocates.
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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) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (45) 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)

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MONTBLANCINDIA.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: 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). Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare & Ms. Shweta Sahu Advs for D-18. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (46) WITH + CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INC...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank, Advs. (M:880052025[8])

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WWW.JOCKEYFRANCHISE.COM & ORS...... Defendants CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Through: Mr. Vivek Jain and Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Advs. for D-4. (M:9871863446) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (47) WITH + CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022 INDIAMART INTERMESH 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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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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters (M: 9717417996) Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms. Keya Rawat, Advocates. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (48) WITH + CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023, 15626/2023, 19511/2023 & 19574/2023 MCDONALDS CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Vikrant Rana, Ms. Tanvi Bhatnagar, Ms. Rima Majumdar, Ms. Shilpi Sinha and Aaditya Vats, Advocates.

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NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi Advocate for D-1. Mr. Vivek Jain & Mr. Aastha Tiwari, Advocates for D-18 & 28 (M9811426480). Mr. Alipak K. Banerjee and Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocates 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, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates for D-13 to 17, 22, 26, 27, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters

31) Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates. Mr Yashu Rustagi, Advocate for BOB. Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Rajat Katyal & Mr. Harsh Sinha, Adv. for Yes Bank. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advocates for D-57 (M: 95822 06578). Mr. Harsh Sinha, Advocate for Yes Bank. (49) WITH + CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021, 1371/2021 & 19495/2023 ITC LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, Advocates.

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ASHOK KUMAR & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6. Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen Goyal, Advocates for D-12. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters (M:8826767020) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-14. Ms. Asmita Kumar, Advocate for D-

31. (M:9899967516) Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. Mr Rajiv Kapur, Mr. Akshit Kapur and Mr. Aditya Saxena, Advocates for SBI (M: 9634644652). (50) 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. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (51) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

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PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Dolly Luthra and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates for D-1, 2 & 3. (M:9911995000) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (52) 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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ASHOK KUMAR & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal. Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advocates for Go Daddy (M: 9987115749). Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate. Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocate for D- 29 (M-9311325398) Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-17. (M:

9910083144) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (53) 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 with Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates, Advocates for D-2. (M:9987115749) Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (54)

WITH CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters + CS (COMM) 176/2021 SNAPDEAL PRIVATE LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Tanya Varma & Ms. Devyani Nath, Advocates. (M:7042547106)

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GODADDYCOM LLC AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates (M: 9810788606). Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parava Khare and Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs, for D-1,10,2,3,4,23,26,31. (M:9987115749) Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocates for D-1 & 10. Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-9. (M:9910083144) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates 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) Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (55) WITH + CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

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TECH HERACLES OPC PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. Mr Rajiv Kumar Malik, Mrs. Megha, Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advocates for D-1 to 3. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI (56) 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. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-8. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (57) WITH + CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER 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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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. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Kamaldeep, Advocate for UOI/D-18 & 19. Mr. K.K. Singh, Advocate for D-27. Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (58)

WITH CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters + CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 KAMDHENU LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocate. (M:7726021194)

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RAGHUNATH VIRDHARAM BISHNOI AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advocates. Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates (M: 9810788606). Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate for D-3. Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates Mr. Rishi Kapoor and Mr. Satish Rai, Advocates for D-3. (M:8368148214) Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Mr. Parva Khare and Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-8. (M:9987115749) Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-9. (M:8800556341) Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-10 (M-99101983636) Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare & Ms. Shweta Sahu Advs for D-8. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocates. Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs. for Reliance Jio. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (59) WITH + CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022 HT MEDIA LTD..... 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. (M:8017571175)

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POOJA SHARMA & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Firoz Iqbal Khan, Advocate for D-4 Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-10. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, and Advs. for D-19. (M:9987115749) Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-20. (M:9911983636). Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (60) WITH + CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 8767/2022 KAJARIA CERAMICS LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Tanvi Bhatnagar, Ms. Rima Majumdar and Ms. Shilpi Sinha, Advocates. (M:9818202368)

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GODADDY.COM LLC & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-1. (M:9987115749) Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. Mr. Sandhya Chawla, Adv. for D-2. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for d-4 Ms. Kirti Bhardwaj, Adv. for D-5(b). Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir, Advocate (M-9810455716) Mr. Santosh Kr. Rout, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates for D-6. (61) WITH + CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

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VACATION RENTAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Mayank Mehandra, Mr. Charu CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Tandon & Mr. Sarthak Kapoor & Mr. Raghav Tandon, Advocate for D-1 & 2. Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7. SI Manzoor Alam, Cyber Police Station, South-East. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (62) WITH + CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 BAJAJ FINACE LTD & ANR...... Plaintiffs 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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NIKO DAS & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-3. Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4 (M: 9910014062). Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate for D-7. Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. V. Dang & Ms. Aditi, Advocates for D-3. (M:9971586598) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (63) WITH + CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD & ANR...... Plaintiffs 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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UNILEVERR[1].IN & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-9. Mr. Rahul Chauhan, Ms. Aishwarya Mishra Advocates for D-21. Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25 Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms Aishwarya Hiremath and Varnik Kundaliya, Advocates for D-20 (M:

9481929037) Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (64)

WITH CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters + CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 AMAZON SELLER SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiffs 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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AMAZONBUYS.IN & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. G. Mirza, Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4. (M:7434045442) Mr. Sohit Choudhary, Advocate for D- 5. 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) Ms. Deepika Kathuria, 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. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. Ms Ritu Mishra, Advocate for Canara Bank (M- 9873796792) (18) WITH + CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022 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. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal & Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocate for D-7. Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocates for D- 19 & 20. (M:9999999045) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (65) WITH + CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022 GUJARAT COOPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh and Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Alisha Sharma & Ms. Insha Mushtaq, Advocates. (M:9910291290)

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AMUL-FRANCHISE.IN & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Anil Soni, CGSC with Mr. Rahul Mourya, Adv. for UOI. (M:9560238258) Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia,, CGSC with 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. (M:9987115749) Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, Adv. for D- 37. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Brijesh and Ms. Shweta Shahu, Advocates 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). CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (66) WITH + CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412- 13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023 BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. Jamal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Insha Mushtaq Ms. Alisha Sharma & Mr. Ujjwal.

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REGISTRANT OF WWW.BAJAJ-FINSERVE.ORG & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates (M: 9810788606). Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate with Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates 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, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Mr. Sauhard Alung and Ms. Asvari Jain, Advocates for D-19. (M:9910083144) Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Tine Abraham, Mr. Manasa Sundaraman C., Ms. Kshipra Pyare and Ms. Mansi Sood Trileyal, Advocates for D-28. (M:9324328752) Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates 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. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (23) 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])

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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: CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 9319317578) Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC. (M:

9717906181) Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-29 (M: 9987115749) (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, 22192/2023, 22206/2023, 22207/2023 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. Adv. with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare and Mr. Brijesh 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). Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-42 Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advocates for D-57 (M: 95822 06578). 26 WITH + CS(COMM) 12/2022, I.As. 263/2022 & 20922/2022 NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS INC..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Dushyant Mahant, Mr. Urfee CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Roomi and Mr. Ayush Dixit, Advocates (M: 7011629381).

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NBSTORESININDIA.IN & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr Naveen Kumar Jain, Adv. D-17 (M. 9971759700) (28) WITH + CS (COMM) 303/2022 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. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC, Mr. Tribhuvan, Advs. for D-15

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SWAPNIL PATIL & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates. Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Advocate for Bank of Maharashtra. (M:

9899491980) Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-16 (M: 9987115749). (29) WITH + CS (COMM) 490/2022 & I.As. 11214/2022, 17482/2022, 575/2023, 9796-98/2023, 11324/2023 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters INFINITI RETAIL LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404)

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9999690774) Mr. Piyush Singhal, Mr. Paras Khurana & Ms. Himanshi Jain, Advs. for D-15. (M: 8810488484) Ms. Richa Kapoor, Ms. Tusharika Sharma & Mr. Sandesh Kumar, Advs. for D-19. (M:8791519300) Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-4 (M: 9987115749). 36 WITH + CS (COMM) 113/2023 & I.As. 4200/2022, 14754/2022, 14770/2023, 15871/2023, 16828/2023, 21659/2023 INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOPERATIVE..... Plaintiff Through: Mr Abhishek Singh, Mr Elvin Joshy, Mr Vikram Singh Dalal, Ms Alisha Sharma, Mr J.Amal Anand, 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., Ms Kshipra Pyare, Mr Harshil Wason, Advs. For D-33 Mr Varun Pathak, Mr Shyamal Anand, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Mr. Thejesh Rajendran, Mr Tejpal Singh Rathore, Adv. for D-34 Mr. Susmit Pushkar, Adv., Mr. Anchit Oswal, Adv., Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv., Ms. Naina Agarwal, Adv. for D- (40) AND + CS (COMM) 610/2023 & I.A. 16723/2023 CRESSET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Anuj Berry, Mr. Sourabh Rath, Mr. Vibhore Yadav & M. Gauri Pasricha, 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) Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, 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. Reply to queries raised by police authorities by banks

2. Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC points out that in a number of cases, banks do not answer queries raised by the Police for ensuring compliance of orders passed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters by Police Authorities or Courts.

3. On behalf of the RBI, it is submitted by Ms. Jagriti Bharti, ld. Counsel appearing for Mr. Ramesh Babu that RBI would need time to take instructions and file an affidavit in the matter. The RBI shall file a specific affidavit on record as to whether there are any guidelines which have been issued by it to banks in respect of queries raised by the Police and for ensuring compliance of any orders passed by police authorities or Courts.

4. Today, the following counsels have entered appearance for the Banks: i) Mr. Rajiv Kapoor for SBI ii) Mr. Sarfaraaz Khan for UCO Bank iii) Mr. Amit Mahliyan for Bank of Maharashtra iv) Ms. Ritu Mishra for Canara Bank v) Ms. Asmita Kumar for Bank of India vi) Mr. Harsh Singh for Yes Bank vii) Mr. Rahul Chauhan and Ms. Aishwarya Mishra for Axis Bank viii) Mr. Tushar Singh and Ms. Akshra Arshi for Canara Bank

5. The ld. Counsels for the Banks who have entered appearance today shall place their affidavits on record as to the procedure which they follow for replying to queries raised by the Police. Let the said affidavits be filed within a period of four weeks.

6. Several counsels present in Court have also expressed difficulty in obtaining information from HDFC Bank. Accordingly, the Nodal Officer, HDFC Bank - Sameer Tiwari (Office Address: HDFC Bank Ltd, 5th Floor Ambience Mall Sector -10 Rohini, Delhi-110085) the Regional Manager, HDFC Bank FIND A NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS shall remain present in Court on the next date of hearing. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters

7. Copy of this order be also sent to the nominated counsel for HDFC Bank - Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Advocate (M: 9811152920, Email: sanjay_gupta @sngpartners.in) by email and mobile number.

8. It is made clear that whenever any information is requested by the Cyber Crime Cells of police authorities, banks ought to respond to the same in a diligent manner. Appointment of Nodal Officer’s by Google LLC

9. Insofar as the Google LLC is concerned, vide order dated 27th September, 2023 a direction was issued to nominate one official who would communicate with the Delhi Police - Cyber Crime Cell and provide them the information that they would need in respect of fraudulent websites. The relevant part of the said order is as under:

“8. Insofar as Google is concerned, Google LLC is directed to nominate one official who would communicate with the Cyber Cell, Delhi Police and provide them the information that they would need in respect of the fraudulent websites and render any other cooperation that may be needed to investigate the cases.”

10. Today, Mr. Aditya Gupta, ld. Counsel has submitted that Google LLC has appointed a Nodal Officer in compliance of the said order. He submits that vide letter dated 3rd November, 2023, the Nodal Officer’s email address as also the mobile number have been communicated to Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC. A copy of the same has been handed over to the Court as also Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC. Coordination between the Cyber Cells of Police Authorities

11. Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC points out that in a number of cases, the ultimate CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters accused are located in different states such as West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra etc., and it is difficult for the Delhi Police - Cyber Crime Cell to prosecute the cases in those states.

12. There appears to be a need for some coordination between the Cyber Crime Cell of all Police Authorities. For the said purpose, issue notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

13. Mr. Manish Mohan, ld. CGSC accepts notice.

14. Let a meeting be called by the concerned Joint Secretary, MHA of all the Cyber Crime Cells in various states in order to have some coordination between them for dealing with such fraudulent transaction cases. Let the said meeting be held by 20th December, 2023 at 3:00 pm.

15. List on 1st February, 2024 for further hearing in all these matters on the broad aspects which are being currently considered.

16. Insofar as the specific matters and the applications pending therein are concerned the same are listed as per the following table: S.No. Case No. Next Date of Hearing

1. CS(COMM) 298/2019 10.01.2024

2. CS(COMM) 193/2019 10.01.2024

3. CS(COMM) 297/2019 10.01.2024

4. CS(COMM) 732/2019 10.01.2024

5. CS(COMM) 82/2020 10.01.2024

6. CS(COMM) 373/2020 10.01.2024

7. CS(COMM) 498/2020 10.01.2024

8. CS(COMM) 95/2021 10.01.2024

9. CS(COMM) 154/2021 10.01.2024 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters

10. CS(COMM) 276/2021 10.01.2024

11. CS(COMM) 293/2021 10.01.2024

12. CS(COMM) 158/2022 10.01.2024

13. CS(COMM) 424/2020 11.01.2024

14. CS(COMM) 303/2022 11.01.2024

15. CS(COMM) 113/2023 11.01.2024

16. CS(COMM) 471/2020 11.01.2024

17. CS(COMM) 610/2023 11.01.2024

18. CS(COMM) 228/2021 16.01.2024

19. CS(COMM) 350/2020 16.01.2024

20. CS(COMM) 490/2022 16.01.2024

21. CS(COMM) 176/2021 16.01.2024

22. CS(COMM) 135/2022 16.01.2024

23. CS(COMM) 20/2019 16.01.2024

24. CS(COMM) 26/2022 22.01.2024

25. CS(COMM) 475/2022 22.01.2024

26. CS(COMM) 233/2022 22.01.2024

27. CS(COMM) 275/2022 22.01.2024

28. CS(COMM) 364/2022 22.01.2024

29. CS(COMM) 399/2021 22.01.2024

30. CS(COMM) 255/2020 22.01.2024

31. CS(COMM) 35/2022 30.01.2024

32. CS(COMM) 324/2020 30.01.2024

33. CS(COMM) 524/2021 30.01.2024

34. CS(COMM) 700/2019 30.01.2024 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters

35. CS(COMM) 12/2022 30.01.2024 PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE NOVEMBER 24, 2023 Rahul/mr/kt