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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 27th September, 2023 (54)
DABUR INDIA LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, and Mr. Kripa Pandit, Advocates. (M:9810013453)
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. Geetanjali Viswanathan, & 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. 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.
JUDGMENT
CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019
TATA SKY LIMITED.....
Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Advocate. (M:
CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
+ 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-
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. (31) 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. (32) 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. (33) 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. (34) WITH + 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: 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, 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, 31) Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (35) WITH + CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021 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. (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 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. (36) WITH + CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 2024[6] /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, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (37) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.
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PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Nancy 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. (38) WITH + CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 THE HIMALAYA DRUG COMPANY & ORS...... Plaintiffs Through: 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 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) CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (39) 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. (40) WITH + 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: CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 9810788606). Ms. Shweta Sahu and Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parava Khare and Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs, for D- 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. (41) WITH + CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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 (42) 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 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. (43) 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (44) WITH + 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, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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) Ms. Shweta Sahu, 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 Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (45) 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (46) WITH + CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. Ashwani Kumar, 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. (47) 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 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 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. (48) 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. 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 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. (49) WITH + CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Nitin CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. S. Surender, Advocate 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. (50) WITH + 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) CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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 with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (51) 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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 Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (52) 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) CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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). 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. (53) 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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, 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (15) WITH + CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020 XIAOMI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Krisna Gambhir, Adv. (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:
9319317578) Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC. (M:
9717906181) Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain & Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-
29. (M: 9987115749) (18) 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) CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
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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) Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain & Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D- 16. (19) WITH + CS (COMM) 490/2022 & I.As. 11214/2022, 17482/2022, 575/2023, 9796-98/2023, 11324/2023 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. Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain & Mr. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-4. (25) 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.
2. These matters relate to domain names being registered by unknown third parties infringing trademark right of various brand owners and implementation of court orders by the Domain Name Registrars (‘DNR’). From time to time, various directions have been passed by this Court in respect of blocking and locking of the infringing domain names, and CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters implementation of court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be located in India.
3. Today, submissions have been made in part by Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, ld. Senior Counsels and Mr. Harish V. Shankar, ld. CGSC.
4. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ld. ASC has placed on record a consolidated status report dated 26th September, 2023 in respect of 29 cases. It is her submission that out of 29 matters, chargesheets have been filed in 10 matters.
5. Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC has also placed on record a written note of arguments in respect of the challenges faced by the Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police in investigation. The said challenges are as under: i. Delay by Banks in replying to emails and information sought by the Cyber Cell. ii. Domain Name Registrars (DNRs) and intermediaries who are hosting the website not providing proper details of the Registrants in respect of cloud services and other services availed by them. iii. Use of VOIP,VPN, etc. by fraudsters to avoid detection. iv. Non-providing of information by Google even though fake websites have booked AdWords through Google Ads programme.
6. The relevant proportion of the said written note of arguments is set out below: CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
7. In view of the above stand of the Cyber Cell, it is deemed appropriate to issue notices to nominated counsels of all the banks who are nominated by the Delhi High Court, so as to evolve a method for ensuring that queries by the police authorities are replied to in a diligent and efficient manner, as it involves innocent customers being duped of substantial sums of money. The names of the nominated counsel to whom notice is directed to be issued CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters by the Registry, without process fee, is annexed as Annexure A-1.
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.
9. Insofar as CS(COMM)-303/2022 is concerned, Ms. Sethi, ld. Counsel submits that the request has been sent for information from Mumbai Police as on 19th September, 2023. Let the status report be placed on record.
10. List on 24th November, 2023.
PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 dj/sk (corrected & release on 3rd October, 2023) CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Annexure A-1 S. No. Standing Counsel Bank Mobile NO. 1. Mr. Ramesh Babu RBI 9873922734
2. Mr. Rajeev Kapur SBI 9716076533
3. Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout PNB 9990432878
4. Mr. Manish Kumar Canara Bank 9971105049
5. Mr. Sarfaraz UCO Bank 9899140169
6. Mr. R. P. Vats Andra Bank
7. Mr. Jagat Arora, Bank of India 9810176964
8. Mr Sanjeev Singh IDFC First 011471721592
9. Ms. Chetan Bhalla ICICI Bank 9810080772
10. Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber Indian Bank 9811829656
11. Mr. Sanjay Gupta Kotak Mahindra Bank
12. Mr. Arun Arora Bank of Baroda
13. Mr. V. K. Gupta Bank of Maharashtra
14. Mr. Sanjay Gupta Barclays Bank PLC
15. Ms. Ekta Choudhary Central Bank of India
16. Mr. Samrendra Kumar Corporation Bank
17. Mr. Sanjay Gupta CTBC Bank Co. Ltd.
18. Mr. Sanjay Gupta HDFC Bank 9811152920
19. Mr. Krishan Kumar Indian Overseas Bank
20. Mr. Sidhartha Barua IDBI 9899040660
21. Mr. Manish Sharma Indusind Bank 9971944566 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
22. Mr. Rajat Arora Punjab & Sind Bank
23. Mr. Sanjay Gupta Standard Chartered Bank
24. Mr. Sanjeev Sagar Union Bank of India ************************************************************