Dabur India Limited v. Ashok Kumar and Ors.

Delhi High Court · 16 Aug 2023 · 2023:DHC:5852
Prathiba M. Singh
CS (COMM) 135/2022
2023:DHC:5852
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The Delhi High Court directed compliance and further proceedings in multiple trademark infringement suits involving domain name registrars and emphasized enforcement of blocking orders against infringing domain names.

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CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 16th August, 2023 (56)
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 Pandi, 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. 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. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Akshi Rastogi, Ms. Vaani Kaushik &
Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advs Mr. Apoorv Kurup & Ms. Kirti Dadheech , Advocates for R-3. (M:
8929015368)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates.
Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advocates. (M:
7827709253)
Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate. (M:
8800009001)
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

(26) WITH + CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019, 20157/2022 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. (27) 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 & CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. Binsy Susan, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Akshi Rastogi, Ms. Vaani Kaushik & 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. Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI (28) WITH + CS (COMM) 297/2019 MOTHER DAIRY FRUIT & VEGETABLE PVT. LTD...... Plaintiff CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank, Advocates.

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KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Yash Vardhan Singh, 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. (29) 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, Advocate.

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WWW.ULTRATECHCEMENTS.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Binsy Susan & Ms. Swati Agarwal, Advocates for GoDaddy. (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 & 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam. (30) WITH + CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020 DHARAMPAL SATYAPAL LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, Advocates.

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RAJNIGANDHA DISTRIBUTORS PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Mahesh, Mr. Gulshan Kumar, Ms. Shubhangi Sood & Ms. Aashi, Advocates for D-2,3. Mr V. P Singh & Mr. Vansh Malhotra, Advocates for D-10. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Siddharth Sangal & Ms. Nilanjani Tandon, Advocates for D-11/SBI. 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. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, Standing Counsel with Mr. Arun Panwar, Mr. Tapesh Raghav, Mr. Prudyumn Rao and Mr. Mahak Rankawat, Advcoates. (31) WITH + CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4171/2021, 4172/2021 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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 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) 251/2020 & I.As. 5544/2020, 7655/2022 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters versus MS CZONE SOLUTIONS & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Nancy, Ms. Dolly Luthra and Ms. Aastha Sood, Advs for D-1 & 2. (M:9911995000) Mr. Tushar Sahu, Advocate for D-3. 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) 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Mr. Saransh, Advocate for Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC (Crml.),GNCTD. (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. (35) WITH + CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023 MCDONALDS CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Ms. Rima Majumdar and Ms. Shilpi Sinha versus 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. 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. (36) 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 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. (37) WITH + CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20246-47/2022 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. (38) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020, 2506/2021, 2530/2021 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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PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS...... Defendants CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (39) WITH + CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, 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. Alipak Banderjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare and Mr. Brijesh Ujjaniwal, 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) 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. (40) 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, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, & Ms. Shweta Sahu, 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. (41) WITH + CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022 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). 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, CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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) 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. (42) 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 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI (43) 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. (44) 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (45) 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, 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (46) 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (47) WITH + CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022 KAJARIA CERAMICS LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Ms. Priya Adlakha, Mrs. Bindra Rana, 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. Ashwani Kumar, Adv. for D-2. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters & 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. (48) WITH + CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, 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 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) 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Ramya Aggarwal and Mr. Sohrab Mann, Advocates.

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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. (50) 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. S. Surender, Advocate for D-21. Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25 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. 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. (51) 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) Mr. Sohit Choudhary, Advocate for D- 5. 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. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters (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. (52) 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 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters & 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. (54) 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, Advocate Mr. Alipak Banerjee & Ms. Shweta Sahu and Advocates for D-26. (M:9987115749) 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) CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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. (55) 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 Mr. Alipak Banerjee & Ms. Shweta Sahu and 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. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters 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, Advocate 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. 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 implementation of court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be located in India. CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters

3. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, ld. Sr. Counsel appearing for GoDaddy has made further submissions on the legal position qua steps that could be taken on the in respect of DNRs who do not comply with the orders passed by this Court. Ld. Counsels for the Plaintiffs have also addressed the Court on the same.

4. Insofar as Delhi Police Cyber Cell is concerned, let a final status report in respect of all these cases be filed by Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC. Written submissions in respect of the challenges faced by the Delhi Police while dealing with illegalities committed on the internet such as in the present cases shall also be filed by Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC.

6. List for further hearing of these cases on 27th September, 2023 at 2:30 pm. CS(COMM) 176/2021

7. I.A. 14925/2022 is an application for exemption. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Application is disposed of.

8. I.A. 14924/2022 is an application for condonation delay of two days in filing compliance affidavit. For the reasons stated in the application, the delay is condoned. The application is disposed of.

9. Ld. counsel appearing for Defendant No. 24 submits that he has been served with the copy of the suit papers. He wishes to file written statement. The same shall be done in terms of the timelines prescribed.

10. List before the Joint Registrar for completion of pleadings on 4th September, 2023.

11. List before the Court on 27th September, 2023. CS(COMM) 20/2019 & CS(COMM) 193/2019

12. List both these matters for hearing on 25th August, 2023 CS(COMM) 297/2019 & CS(COMM) 317/2019 CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters

13. List both these matters for hearing on 28th August, 2023. CS(COMM) 732/2019 & CS(COMM) 82/2020

14. List both these matters for hearing on 1st September 2023. CS(COMM) 251/2020 & CS(COMM) 255/2020

15. List both these matters for hearing on 6th September, 2023. CS(COMM) 373/2020, CS(COMM) 424/2020 & CS(COMM) 498/2020

16. List both these matters for hearing on 13th September, 2023. CS(COMM) 95/2021, CS(COMM) 154/2021 & CS(COMM) 158/2022,

17. List both these matters for hearing on 18th September, 2023.

PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE AUGUST 16, 2023 dj/kt