TATA SKY LIMITED v. S G ENTERPREISES – TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES AND ORS.

Delhi High Court · 27 May 2025 · 2025:DHC:4674
Prathiba M. Singh
CS (COMM) 20/2019
2025:DHC:4674
civil other Significant

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The Delhi High Court directed comprehensive compliance and procedural measures to address unauthorized domain name registrations infringing trademarks and clarified roles of banks and associations in preventing misuse of brand names in banking identifiers.

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CS (COMM) 20/2019 & connected matters
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 27th May, 2025
CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.A. 561/2019
TATA SKY LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Ms. Rashmi Gogoi and Ms. Riya Rathi, Advs. (M:
9999255931)
VERSUS
S G ENTERPREISES – TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES AND
ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs. for D-5. (M:9987115749)
Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-8.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates.
Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Mr. Ateev Mathur, Mr. Amol Sharma, Mr. Tanmay Garg, Mr. Aman Siwasiya, Advs. for HDFC
Bank (M. 9958609042)
Ms. Aastha Kaushik, Adv. for D-25 Dr. B. Ramaswamy , CGSC for IFSO.
Ms. Swathi Sukumar, Sr. Adv.
WITH
Mr. Arunav Ghoy & Mr. Priyanshu Jain, Advs. for Registry Services LLC
Ms. Nidhi Raman CGSC
WITH
Mr. Zubin Singh and Mr. Akash Mishra, Advs.
JUDGMENT

(3) WITH + CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.As.7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021 & 16148/2022 GUJARAT COOPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Alisha Sharma, Mr. Shashwat Tyagi & Mr.

K. V. Vibu Prasad, Advs. (M.

8447960358)

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AMUL-FRANCHISE.IN & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Devvrat Yadav, Adv. for UOI. (M:8285815626) Mr. Arnav Kumar, CGSC with Ms. Gitanjali Vohra & Ms.Amruta Patil, Advs. (M: 9718126921) Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advs. for D-26. (M:9987115749) Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam (M:9987115749) for D-27, 28 & 30. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. for R-24 Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain & Anamika Agrawal, Advs. for D-37. (M:9871278525) Mr. Ramesh Babu, Mohd. Shaurakh, Ms. Manisha Singh, Ms. Jagriti Bharti & Ms. Tanya Chowdhary, Advs. 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, Adv for D-52. Ms. Rashmi and Mr.Ashish Mahajan, Advs. for D-24. (M: 9999153600) (4) WITH + CS (COMM) 176/2021 SNAPDEAL PRIVATE LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Devyani Nath & Mr. Ruchika Yadav, Advs. (M: 9911167179)

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GODADDYCOM LLC AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam for D-1, 10, 2,3,4, 23, 26, 31. (M:9987115749) Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advs. for D-9. (M:9910083144) Ms. Pallavi Singh Rao, Ms. Shree Sinha, Mr. Shivam Tiwari and Mr. Siddharth Kothari, Advs. for D-24. (M:9571147219) Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain & Ms. Anamika Agrawal, Advs. for D-34. Mr. Shatrajit Banerji, Advocate for D-

24. (M: 8527862988) Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal and Mr. Sumit Goswami and Mr. Nishu, Advs. (5) WITH + CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412/2022, 1413/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716/2022, 35036/2024 & 45652/2024 BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED..... Plaintiff 8447960358)

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REGISTRANT OF WWW.BAJAJ-FINSERVE.ORG & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv. with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs. for D- 6,7,11,12,14,17 & 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, Advs. for D-19. (M:9910083144) Mr. Rajshekhar Rao Sr. Adv with Ms. Tine Abraham, Ms. Shivani Rawat, Mr. Mohanakrishna C., Mr. Abhi Udai Singh, Mr. Harshil Wason, Advs. for D-28. (M: 8054452858) Mr. Ashok Kumar & Ms. Chhavi Arora, Advs. for D-31. (M:9810011826). Ms. Swati Aggarwal, Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Aasish Samasi and Mr. Mohit Singh, Advs. for GoDaddy. Mr. Nishant Gautam (CGSC), Mr. Vardhman Kaushik and Mr. Prithviraj Dey, Advs. for MEITY Ms. Shagun Shahi Chugh, Ms. Shreya Mittal & Ms. Nandita Mishra, Advs. (6) WITH + CS (COMM) 135/2022 & I.As. 3423/2022, 1221/2023, 8858/2025 & 8859/2025 DABUR INDIA LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Prabhu Tandon, Ms. Archita Mahlawat, Ms. Kripa Pandit, Mr. Christopher Thomas, Ms. Bhanu Gupta, Ms Archita Mahlawat, & Mr. Sazid Rayeen, Advs. (M:

7838499168)

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ASHOK KUMAR AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Yashvardhan Singh, Advocate for D-1. (M:9667056770) Ms. Geetanjali Viswanathan, Ms. Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advs. for D-5 (M-9910083144) Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv. with Ujjainwal, Advs. (M:9987115749) Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. Kunwar Raj Singh and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advs for D-7. (M:8800556341) Mr. Apoorv Kurup & Ms. Kirti Dadheech, Advs. for R-3. (M:

8929015368) Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advs. (M:7827709253) Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar Advocates. Mr. Prashant Prakash, Adv. (M:

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8800009001) Ms. Lakahmi Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advs for D-5. (M:

9643233842) Mr. Ateev Kumar Mathur & Mr. Amol Sharma, Advocates Mr. Sarfaraz Khan & Mr Abdul Wahid, Advs for UCO Bank (M- 9899140169) Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam & Ms. Deepanjal Choudhary, Advs. (M:

9910783067) Mr. Amol Sharma, Mr. Tanmay Garg, Mr. Aman Siwasiya, Advs. for HDFC Bank (M. 9958609042) Mr. Varun Pathak, Mr. Thejesh Rajendran & Mr. Tanuj Sharma, Advs. for D-17. (M: 9599198161) Mr. Vinay Yadav, Mr. Divyanshu, Mr. Ansh Kalra and Ms. Kamna Behrani, Advs. for R-3 and 4. Mr. Susmit Pushkar, Adv. Mr. Nirupam Lodha, Mr. Kshitij Parashar and Ms. Vanshika Thapliyal, Advs. (M:7310123456) Mr. Vinay Yadav (SPC), Mr. Ansh Kalra, Ms. Kamna Behrani & Mr. Divyanshu Sinha, Advs. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam Adv, Miss Likivi K Jakhalu Adv, Mr Dinesh Sharma Adv. (Mr. Srinivasa Rao - IBA Representative through VC). Mr. Deepak Gogia, Mr. Aadhar Nautiyal, Ms. Shivangi Kohli, Advs. for D-18. (7) WITH + CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As.10851-52/2022, 12173/2022 FASHNEAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Nitin Sharma, Mr. Yatin Garg, Mr. Ranjeet Singh, Mr. Vivek Ayyagari, Mr. Angad Makkar, Mr. M. J. Sudarshan, Ms. Ramya Aggarwal and Mr. Sohrab Mann, Advocates.

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MEESHO ONLINE SHOPPING PVT. LTD. & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advs. for D-6. Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-10. Mr. Alipak Banerjee Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare & Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates. for D-7. Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advs for D-19 &

20. (M:9999999045) Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. (9) WITH + CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As.5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022, 31775/2024 COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Saif Khan Mr. Achuthan Sreekumar, Mr. Prajjwal Kushwah Ms. Imon Roy Mr. Achyut Tiwari Ms. Kanupriya Chawla, Mr. Swastik Bisarya Mr. Rohil Bansal Mr. Shivang Sharma, Advs.

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NIXI & ANR...... Defendants Through: Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-1 (M-9990526912). Mr. Darpan Wadhwa; Mr. Mrinal Ojha; Mr. Debarshi Dutta; Mr. Arjun Mookerjee; Ms. Nikita Rathi; Mr. Nikhil Gupta; Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advs for D-3. Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager legal. Mr. Tentu Satyanarayan, Director (Legal), UIDAI & Mr. Tanmaya Nirmal, Deputy Manager (Legal & Policy), UIDAI (M-9899113033). Mr. Kushagra Goel, Mr Lovesh Goel, Ms. Tanya Singhal, Advs. for D-7. SI Prince Kumar, PS Hauz Khas. Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI. Dey, Advs. for MEITY. (10) WITH + CS (COMM) 297/2019 MOTHER DAIRY FRUIT & VEGETABLE PVT. LTD...... Plaintiff versus KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Ravi Shankar Mahto, Adv. for D-

1. & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advs. Mr. Premtosh K. Mishra (CGSC), Mr. Kapil Dev Yadav and Mr. Utkarsh Mishra, Advs. (M: 8510042585) (11) 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: Ms. Akansha Singh, Advocate (Mob:

9811128289)

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WWW.ULTRATECHCEMENTS.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Ritika Bansal, Ms. Akshi Rastogi & Mr. Vibhu Pahuja, Advs for D-5 to 7. Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra & Mr. Gagan Gupta, Advocates for D-9. Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC for UOI. Mishra, Advs. (12) WITH + CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4596/2025 & 4597/2025 MONTBLANC SIMPLO GMBH..... Plaintiff versus MONTBLANCINDIA.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, Mr. Vishal Advocates for D-23 (M.8447704226) Mr. Yajur Bhalla, Mr. Deepak Samota and Mr. Sumer Ahuja, Advocates for D-1, 2, 4 to 10 & 20. (M:9711009378) Ms. Asiya Khan, Adv. for D-25 (M: 9971644936). Ujjainwal Advocates for D-18. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. for R-12 Mr. Varun Chugh, SPC with and Ms. Shreya Mittal & Ms. Nandita Mishra, Advs. Ms. Rashmi and Mr.Ashish Mahajan, Advs. for D-12. Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms Vaishali Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, Mr. Manish Biala & Mr. Devesh Ratan, Advs. (13) WITH + CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A.7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021, 1371/2021, 19495/2023 & 583/2024 ITC LIMITED..... Plaintiff Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali R. Mittal & Mr. Shivang Sharma, Advs. (M: 9999052646)

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ASHOK KUMAR & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6. Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen Goyal, Mr L R Goyal Advs for D-12. Ms. Asmita Kumar, Advocate for Bank of India (M:9899967516) Mr Rajiv Kapur, Mr. Akshit Kapur and Mr. Aditya Saxena, Advs for SBI (M: 9634644652). Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC, Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich & Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. [Mob:9810982927] (14) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A.10520-21/2020 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Mr Pravin Anand, Ms Vaishali R Mittal & Mr. Shivang Sharma, Advs.

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PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates for D-1, 2 & 3. (M:9911995000) Advs. (15) WITH + CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INC...... Plaintiff versus WWW.JOCKEYFRANCHISE.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vivek Jain, Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Mr. Sunny Verma, Ms. Nidhi & Ms. Samridhi Singh, Advs. for D-4. (M:9871863446) Mishra, Advs. (16) WITH + CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022, 3304/2025 GODREJ PROPERTIES LTD..... Plaintiff Mr. Shrawan Chopra, Mr. Achyut Tewari, Mr. Aayush Maheshwari, Advs. (M: 8604633567) Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Shrawan Chopra, Mr. Achyut Tewari & Mr. Aayush Maheshwari, Advs.

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ASHOK KUMAR & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advs for D-2. Mr Neel Mason, Ms Ekta Sharma, Ms Pragya Jain, Ms Surabhi Katare, Advs. Dhruv Joshi, Mr. Vinay Kaushik and Mr. Vipul Verma, Advs. (17) WITH + CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A.7329/2021 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus TECH HERACLES OPC PRIVATE LIMITED Through: Mr Rajiv Kumar Malik, Mrs. Megha, Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advs for D-1 to 3. Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI. Advs (18) WITH + CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543/2021 TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus M/S ELECTRO INTERNATIONAL & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advs for Airtel Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for Airtel (M. 8896447704) Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-8. Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Advocate for Bharti Airtel Limited. Advs. (19) WITH + CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 THE HIMALAYA DRUG COMPANY & ORS...... Plaintiffs versus Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal. Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advs for Go Daddy. Ujjainwal, Advs. (9987115749) Mr. Vibhor Mathur, Mr. Arun Pratap & Ms. Pratika Agarwal, Advocates for D-23 Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Aastha Kaushik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Surinder Singh, Adv. for D-29 (M- 9311325398) Kane, Advs for D-17. (20) WITH + CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020 XIAOMI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. C.A. Brijesh, Mr. Krisna Gambhir, Ms. Simranjot Kaur Sidhu (M. 9478515115)

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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. Ujjainwal, Advs. for D-29 (9987115749). Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Parshant Arora, Advs. for VI. (21) WITH + CS(COMM) 250/2020 and I.A. 2285/2024 STAR INDIA PVT. LTD. & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan & Mr. Rohil Bansal, Advs.

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OXIBUZZ.COM & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Akshita Jain, Adv. for D-1 Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advs for D-3-4. Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms.. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal & Mr. Prince Kumar, Advs. for D-75 (9987115749) Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr. Samyak Bilala Advs. Siddhant & Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advs. for UOI with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager legal. (22) WITH + CS (COMM) 255/2020 INDIAMART INTERMESH LIMITED.... Plaintiff Arora, Advocates for VI.

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AKASH VERMA & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr Neel Mason, Mr Ankit Rastogi, Mr Siddharth Vardhman, Mr Udit Tewari Adv. for D-2. (M: 9399304251). Mr. Rishi Kapoor & Ms. Yashika Kapoor, Advocates for D-3. Ms. Meenakshi Dutta, Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra & Mr. Gautam Harshwal, Advs. for D-4 & 7. Mr Ankit Rastogi and Mr Saransh Saini, Advocates. Mr. Saransh, Adv. for Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC (Crnl.), GNCTD. Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms. Keya Rawat, Advocates. (23) AND + CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As.6950/2020, 12588/2020, 11510/2021 & 8588/2025 MCDONALDS CORPORATION & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Arpit Kalra & Mr. Aaditya Vats Sharma, Advocates.

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NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA Through: Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi Advocate for D-1. Ms. Deepa Gandhi, Adv. for D-8 (9818455555) Mr. Vivek Jain & Ms. Sunny Verma, Ms. Nidhi & Ms. Samridhi Singh, Advocates for D-18 & 28 (M9811426480). Mr. Kartik Bhalla, Adv. for ICICI Bank (M. 9818707178) Mr. Jaydip Pati, Advocate for D-24. Ujjainwal, Advs. for D-5, 2, 6 7, & 8. Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Mr. Sahonwlah Farmani Ali, Advocate for D-35&36 (M-9469448888) Mr Santosh Kumar Rout, Standing Counsel with Ms. Dharna Veragi, Adv. for Canara Bank (9990432878). for D-13 to 17, 22, 26, 27, 31) Mr. Prashant Tripathi, Advocate for IDFC Bank (8239192326) Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates. Mr Yashu Rustagi, Adv. for BOB. Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Ms. Anvita Goel Mr. Prince Kumar Mr. Amrit Bhatia Advs. for D-5. Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25. Mr. Rajat Katyal, Mr. Harsh Sinha, Ms. Ruchika & Mr. Sparsh Agarwal, Advs. for Yes Bank. Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Adv. for Bharti Airtel Limited. Mr. Ateev Kumar Mathur & Mr. Amol Sharma, Advocates Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advs for D-57 (M: 95822 06578). Mr. Harsh Sinha, Adv. for Yes Bank. Mr. Amol Sharma, Mr. Aman Siwasiya & Mr. Tanmay Garg, Advs. for D-37. (M: 9958609042) Mr. Amit Tiwari, CSGC with Ms. Ayushi Srivastava for UOI. Ms. Sampanna Pani and Ms. Sejal Jain, Advs. (M: 9540050991) (24) WITH + CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 2024[7] /2022, O.A.85/2024 SHOPPERS STOP LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Sanya Kapoor, Adv. (M:9810907412)

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M/S SHOPPERSTOP & ORS...... Defendants Through: Ms. Anne Mathew, Advs. for D-5. Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare & Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Adv. (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, 3236/2024, 41778/2024, 8901/2025, 8902/2025, 8903/2025 & 8904/2025 PB FINTECH LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Mr. Anish Jandial, Advocates. (M: 98919 29028)

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POLICY BAZAR FINANCE & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Ms. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal & Mr. Prince Kumar, Advs. for D-9. Mr. Vivek Ojha, Adv. for D-71. (M:

9953027856) Mr.Yogesh Pachauri, Adv. for D-24 Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advs. for D-16 (M: 7827709253). Mr. Rohit Rattu, Adv. D-27 Kane, Advocates for D-42 Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Mr. Anant Gautam, Ms. Likivi K Jakhalu & Mr. Dinesh Sharma, Advs. Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advs. for D-57 (26) WITH + CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED..... Plaintiff Ms. Ramya Aggarwal & Mr. Sohrab versus NITIN KUMAR SINGH & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Ankur Prakash, Ms. Simran Gill, Mr. Yudhishthir Bhardwaj, Mr. Dhananjay, Mr. Amod Bidhuri & Mr. Saquib Siddiqui, Advocates for D-1 Mr. Akshit Chaudhary, Adv. for D-5. Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7. Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Sarvan Kumar and Mr. Satyam Singh, Advs. for UOI/D-18 & 19. Mr. K.K. Singh, Advocate for D-27. Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio. Karan Khetani, Advs. [Mob:09810982927] (27) WITH + CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 KAMDHENU LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Adv. (M:7726021194) Mr. Sudarshan Bansal, Mr. Arpit Dudeja and Mr. Shivendra Pratap Singh, Advs. (M: 9810132015)

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RAGHUNATH VIRDHARAM BISHNOI AND ORS..... Defendants Through: Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advocates. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for D-3. Mr. Rishi Kapoor and Mr. Satish Rai, Advocates for D-3. (M:8368148214) Ujjainwal Advocates for D-8. Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. Kunwar Raj Singh & Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advs for D-7. and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-10 (M-99101983636) Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocates. Bhardwaj, Advs. for Reliance Jio. (28) WITH + CS(COMM) 12/2022, I.As.263/2022 & 20922/2022, 11042/2025, 11043/2025 NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS INC..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Dushyant Mahant, Mr. Urfee Roomi, Ms. Janaki Arun and Mr. Ayush Dixit, Advocates (M: 7011629381).

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NBSTORESININDIA.IN & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC with Mr. Tribhuvan & Mr. Ishaan Malhotra, Advs. for D-15 Mr. Apoorv Kurup, CGSC; Ms. Nidhi Mittal; Ms. Muskaan Gupta, Advs. for D-16 (M. 8826584325) Mr. Naveen Kumar Jain & Mr. Deepak Gupta, Advocates for D-17 (9971759700) Mr Naveen Kumar Jain, Adv. D-17 Mr Shivam Narang, Adv. for D-26 Mr. Akshay Goel, Ms. Vishali Nahar, Mr. Paras Arora, Advs. for D-13. Mr. Rakesh Kumar CGSC with Mr. Sunil Adv. (M: 9811549455) Mr. Rishabh Jain, Adv. (M:

9999004468) for Netim SAS, France. (29) WITH + CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As.612-13/2022, 954/2022 HT MEDIA LTD..... Plaintiff Mann, Advocates. (M:8017571175)

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POOJA SHARMA & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr Firoz Iqbal Khan, Mohd Shad Advocate, Advs. for D-4 for Bharti Airtel Limited Ujjainwal Advs. for D-19. Mr Anand Kumar Shukla, Mohd Aadil Mr. Suaib Ahmed, Mr. Mohd.Shad & Mr. Firoz Gandhi, Advs. for R-4 and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs for D-20. Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel. Mr Suaib Ahmed Khan and MD Shad, Advs. with Defendant Shammi Alam Khan. Mr. Mohd Shad, Mr. Firoz Gandhi along with Defendant no. 4. (30) WITH + CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As.819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022, 48352/2024, 49655/2024 KAJARIA CERAMICS LIMITED..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Aditya Vats Sharma & Mr. Aprit Kalra, Advs.

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GODADDY.COM LLC & ORS...... Defendant Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Ujjainwal Advs. for D-1. Mr. Sandhya Chawla, Adv. for D-2. Bharti Airtel. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for d-4 Ms. Kirti Bhardwaj, Adv. for D-5(b). Samir, Advocate (M-9810455716) Ms. Riya, Adv. for RBL bank Mr Santosh Kumar Rout, Standing Counsel with Ms. Dharna Veragi, Adv. for Canara Bank (9990432878) (31) WITH + CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 BAJAJ FINACE LTD & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus NIKO DAS & ANR...... Defendants Through: Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-3. Mr Prashant Prakash, Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advs. for D-4. Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for D-7. for Bharti Airtel Limited.\ Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. V. Dang & Ms. Aditi, Advs. for D-3. (M:9971586598) Advs. (32) WITH + CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD & ANR...... Plaintiffs versus UNILEVERR[1].IN & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Advocate for Bharti Airtel Limited. Ms. Deepa Gandhi, Adv. for D-9 Mr. Rahul Chauhan, Ms. Aishwarya Mishra Advocates for D-21. Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25 Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms Aishwarya Hiremath & Varnik Kundaliya, Advs. for D-20. Mr. M.K. Tiwari and Mr. R Mishra, Advs. for D-18 & 19. Mr. Varun Chugh and Ms. Shagun Chugh, Advs. for Mr. Utsava Magotra, Adv. Mr. Ruchir Mishrra, Mr. Sanjiv Kr. Saxena, Mr. Mukesh Kr. Tiwari, Ms. Poonam Shukla and Ms. Reba Jena Mishra, Advs. for UOI. (33) WITH + CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 AMAZON SELLER SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR...... Plaintiffs Bharti Airtel (8527830269)

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7899682206) Mr. Navneet Mishra, Adv. for Ms. Ritu Mishra Adv. for D-6 (M: 9318374047). Mr. Prashant Prakash, Adv. for D-7. Ms Yukti Gupta, Adv. for HDFC Bank Mr. Arjun Mookerjee, Mr. Nikhil Gupta, Ms. Nikita Rathi, Mr. Rishabh Agarwal and Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advs for D-8 (M-9167094381) Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for D- 10. Mr. Vineet Dhanda, CGSC with Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. for UOI/D-18 & 19. Mr. Harshal Arora, Adv. for D-5. Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, & Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advs. for D-4. Mr. Sharique Hussain, Adv. for HDFC Ms Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6 Canara Bank (M- 9873796792) (34) WITH + CS (COMM) 303/2022, I.As.7302/2022, 7307/2022, 17365/2022, 19451/2022, 21036/2022, 169/2023, 1932/2023, 1933/2023, 3319/2023, 7338/2023, 8120/2023, 11597/2023, 13276/2023, 17896/2023, 24159/2023, 720/2024, 3785/2024, 42225/2024, 3995/2025 & 6833/2025 BURGER KING CORPORATION..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Mukul Kochhar, Advocate.

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SWAPNIL PATIL & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Kumar Vishwjeet, Adv. for D-15 Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC, Mr. Tribhuvan, Advs. for D-15 Mr D.C. Tripathi, Advocate for D-19. Mr. Ramesh Kumar Mahaliyan, Adv. for D-20 (M. 8275092500) Ms. Meenakshi Ogra, Mr. Tarun Khurana, Mr. Rishi Vohra & Ms Chhavi Panday, Advs. Mr. Raunaq Kamath & Ms. Aakriti Bansal, Advs. (M: 8860959528) Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Mr. Anant Gautam, Ms. Likivi K Jakhalu & Mr. Dinesh Sharma, Advs. Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv for Indian Bank (M. 8882149812) Mr. Arun Kumar Shukla, Mr. Naman Shukla, Ms. Nehal Kharyal & Mr. Yasharth Shukla, Advs. for D-8 Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Advocate Ujjainwal Advs. for D-16 Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Advocate Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Adv. for Bank of Maharashtra. (M:9899491980) Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Prashant Arora, Advocates for D-14. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-16 (M:9987115749). Ms. Shivani Shah, Mr. Amandeep Singh, Ms. Amrita Rana, Mr. Dev Bhardwaj, Advs for D-20 (M: 9005669985). Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. Ms. Asmita Kumar, Adv. for D-12. (M: 8709271180) Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Adv. for D- 10 (8527830269) Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Adv. for D-20. Mr. Dinesh Chandra Tripathi, Adv. for D-19. (35) WITH + CS (COMM) 389/2022 & I.As. 9069/2022, 12578/2022 THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Ms. Neeharika Chauhan, Mr. Naqeeb Nawab, Ms. Sejal Tayal, Ms. Pragya Choudhary, Advs.

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Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman CGSC with Mr. Zubin Singh and Mr. Akash Mishra, Adv for D-4 & 5. (M: 9891088658) Ujjainwal for D-12 (M: 9987115749) Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advo. for D-19. Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Ms. Vibhuti Vasisth, Advs. for D- Mr Yogesh Pachauri, Adv. for D-24 (36) WITH + CS (COMM) 113/2023 & I.As. 4200/2023, 21659/2023 INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOPERATIVE..... Plaintiff 8447960358).

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REGISTRANT OF IFFCOFRANCHISE.COM & ORS.. Defendants Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao Sr. Adv with Ms. Tine Abraham, Ms. Shivani Rawat, Mr. Mohanakrishna C., Mr. Abhi Udai Singh, Mr. Harshil Wason, Advocates for D-33. (M: 8054452858) Mr Varun Pathak, Mr Shyamal Anand, Mr. Thejesh Rajendran, Mr Tejpal Singh Rathore, Adv. for D-34 Mr Nitinjya Chaudhry, Sr Panel Counsel with Mr Rahul Mourya, Adv. for D-35 & 36 (M: 9810103680). Mr. Susmit Pushkar, Mr. Anchit Oswal, Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Ms. Naina Agarwal, Advs. for D-38. Mr. Ramesh Babu with Ms. Manisha Singh, Mohd. Shaurakh, Ms. Tanya Chowdhary and Ms. Jagriti Bharti, for Advs. D-39 Mr. Arjun Mookerjee, Ms. Nikita Rathi, Mr. Nikhil Gupta and Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advs. for D-27 (37) WITH + CS (COMM) 610/2023 & I.A. 16723/2023, 647/2024 CRESSET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC & ANR...... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Sourabh Rath & Mr. Vibhore Yadav, Advs. (M: 9811153629)

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REGISTRANT OF WWW.CRESSETCAPITAL.IN, WWW.CRESSETINDIALIVE.LIVE & ORS...... Defendants Through: Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Arjun Mookerjee, Ms. Nikita Rathi, Mr. Nikhil Gupta and Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advs. for D-6. Mr. Amit Tiwari, Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Ms. Ayushi Srivastava and Mr. Pratham Chawla, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. These are part heard matters. The present batch of matters relate to domain names being registered by unknown third parties infringing trademark rights of various brand owners and implementation of Court orders by different concerned entities including the Domain Name Registrars (hereinafter “DNRs”).

3. In response to the challenges arising out of said unauthorised registrations, from time to time, various directions have been passed by this Court in respect of blocking, locking and suspending of the infringing domain names, as also implementation of Court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be located in India. Beneficiary Name Lookup Facility

4. On the last date of hearing i.e., 7th February, 2025, the Court had heard the submissions of Mr. Pushkar, ld. Counsel for National Payments Corporation of India (hereinafter “NPCI”) and passed the following order:

“9. Today, Mr. Pushkar, ld. Counsel submits that he has taken appropriate instructions on the specific query of the Court on the last date of hearing. It is submitted that it would not be possible for the NPCI to issue an advisory to the banks in terms of an order of the Court directing that no individuals should be allowed to register bank accounts or UPI IDs or VPAs with certain brand names. It is further submitted that the creation of UPI IDs or the VPAs is the responsibility of the respective banks and not of NPCI, accordingly, it is up to the banks, who permit registration of the IDs, to ensure that there is no violation or use of key words which are impermissible. 10. Considering the above, let the Indian Banks Association (hereinafter “IBA”) file an affidavit addressing the above, including the issue as to what measures can be taken by the IBA to ensure compliance by all banks of any order which may be passed by the Court directing that no individuals should be allowed to register bank accounts or UPI IDs or VPAs with the certain brand names. 11. Let the said affidavit be filed by the next date of hearing. 12. Adjournment is sought on behalf of ld. Counsel for IBA - Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam. Ld. Counsel is directed to remain physically present in Court on the next date to assist the Court in the present matter.”

5. Today, the Indian Banks Association (hereinafter “IBA”) has filed an affidavit dated 22nd May, 2025, in which the stand of the IBA and its members has been recorded. Mr. Gautam, ld. Counsel for IBA, is at pains to clarify that the IBA is only a voluntary society of banks. The said affidavit is taken on record.

6. Mr. Srinivas Rao, Advisor to IBA is also present online through video conferencing and submits that an advisory has been issued to all member banks of the IBA to strictly comply with the circulars and instructions issued by the Reserve Bank of India, including the ones considered by the Court, in the present proceedings. Directions in the suits

7. On the last date of hearing i.e., 7th February, 2025, in respect of the suits the Court had directed the parties to submit the following:

“22. Ld. Counsel for the Plaintiffs shall place one
comprehensive compilation on record giving the
following details:
(i) a list of all the domain names in each of the suits against which injunctions are being sought;
(ii) a table reflecting as to who are the Registrars and the Registries of the respective domain names against which injunctions have been sought in each suit.” 23. In addition, the Plaintiffs shall also place on record, the list of all the pending I.A.s in each of the suits with the reliefs sought in the said applications. 24. The Plaintiffs have collectively suggested ld. Counsels Mr. Prajjwal Kushwaha (Mob. 7791065506) and Mr. Achyut Tewari (Mob. 8604633867) to act as nodal counsels for placing on record the above compilation along with the list of pending IAs.”

8. Today, the ld. Nodal Counsels have handed over a table and a list, as per the directions on the last date, with copies having been served to ld. Counsel for the Defendants.

9. The ld. Counsels for the parties are directed to peruse the said table and list, to ensure that all IAs and details as sought by the Court on the last date are mentioned in the said chart. The ld. Counsels for the parties shall inform the ld. Nodal Counsels of any additions, modifications etc., required in the said documents, one day before the next date of hearing.

10. The ld. Nodal Counsels shall submit an updated copy of the said table and list on the next date of hearing.

11. It is noted that over a large number of hearings, submissions have been made by various parties, including on behalf of: i. Plaintiff’s Counsels; ii. Submissions by various Domain Name Registrars; iii. Submissions on behalf of the Domain Name Registries such as Verisign, NIXI, Registry Services LLC, etc; iv. Submissions by ICANN; v. Submissions on behalf of various banks, including the RBI and the IBA; vi. Submissions on behalf of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology/Department of Telecommunications.

12. In order to assist the Court in deciding these matters in an efficient manner, let the parties place an electronic copy of the written submissions which they wish to rely upon along with the relevant documents including judgements, as a separate convenience compilation for each matter.

13. The same shall be placed on record in two common pen drives, one for the Plaintiffs and another for the Defendants, by the ld. Nodal Counsels. Let the parties provide their respective convenience compilations to the ld. Nodal Counsel for the same.

14. Let the said pen drive be submitted by the ld. Nodal Counsels on the next date of hearing.

15. List these matters for hearing on 31st May, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE MAY 27, 2025 dj/msh