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Dabur India Limited. And Ors v. Ashok Kumar And Ors

Dabur India Limited. And Ors v. Ashok Kumar And Ors

(High Court Of Delhi)

CS (COMM) 135/2022 & I.As. 3423/2022, 1221/2023 WITH CS(COMM) 250/2020 and I.A. 2285/2024 WITH CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.A.561/2019 WITH CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022, 9583/2024, 10301/2024, 10295/2024 WITH CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.A.1435/2024 WITH CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As.6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As.10851-52/2022, 12173/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 490/2022 & I.As.11324/2023, 2872/2024 WITH CS(COMM) 193/2019 &I.As.5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022, 31775/2024 WITH CS (COMM) 297/2019 WITH CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021 WITH CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020 WITH CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A.7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021, 1371/2021, 19495/2023 & 583/2024 WITH CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A.10520-21/2020 WITH CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 WITH CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A.7329/2021 WITH CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543/2021 WITH CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 WITH CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020 WITH CS (COMM) 255/2020 WITH CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As.6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023, 15626/2023 WITH CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20247 /2022, O.A.85/2024 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, 31969/2024, 31970/2024, 31973/2024, 31974/2024 WITH CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 WITH CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 WITH CS(COMM) 12/2022, I.As.263/2022 & 20922/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As.612-13/2022, 954/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As.819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 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 WITH CS (COMM) 389/2022 & I.As. 9069/2022, 12578/2022 WITH CS (COMM) 113/2023 & I.As. 4200/2023, 21659/2023 WITH CS (COMM) 610/2023 & I.A. 16723/2023, 647/2024 | 02-07-2024

PRATHIBA MANINDER SINGH, J.

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The present batch of matters relate to domain names being registered by unknown third parties infringing trade mark rights of various brand owners and implementation of Court orders by the Domain Name Registrars (‘DNR’s). In response to the challenges arising out of unauthorised registrations, from time to time, various directions have been passed by this Court in respect of blocking, locking and suspending of the infringing domain names, and implementation of Court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be located in India.

3. Ld. Counsels on behalf of the Plaintiffs have commenced their submissions. Mr. Siddharth Chopra, ld. Counsel has appeared in CS (COMM)s 26/2022, 113/2023, 233/2022, 275/2022, 364/2022, 399/2021 and 475/2022. He has also handed over written submissions and judgments.

4. Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, ld. Counsel appearing in CS(COMM)135/2022 has also commenced his arguments.

5. Ms. Jagriti, ld. Counsel appearing for the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) has handed over an affidavit of the RBI dated 2nd July, 2024. As per the said affidavit, which has been deposed by one Ms. Geeta, Assistant General Manager in the Department of Supervision with the RBI, the verification of the beneficiary’s name called the beneficiary’s name lookup facility as captured in the order dated 26th May, 2023 has now been implemented in respect of member participants of the immediate payment service. As per the affidavit, banks would be advised by December 2024, to extend the said facility for IFSC or mobile number and MMID (including RTGS and NEFT). The relevant portions of the affidavit are set out below:

“3. In this regard, it is submitted that the beneficiary's name lookup facility has been made available to banks who are member participants of Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) which is a real time fast payment system operated by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The remitter enters the Account number and IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) or Mobile Number and MMID (Mobile Money Identifier) of the beneficiary and the name of the beneficiary's account is made available to the remitter.

4. It is submitted that as on June 10, 2024, total No. of 178 banks have completed testing and have been onboarded on this service provided by IMPS. In the month of May 2024, a total of 148 banks have put in about 23 Lakh requests.

5. The facility can also be used with other payment systems that use the same combination of account number and IFSC or Mobile number and MMID (which includes RTGS and NEFT). The banks will be advised by end December 2024 to extend the same beneficiary name lookup facility to their customers using RTGS and NEFT payment systems.”

6. The said affidavit is taken on record. Let the RBI’s counsel ensure that the affidavit is brought on record.

7. In addition, ld. Counsel submits that in terms of the previous order dated 15th April, 2024 in respect of circulation of Standard Operating Procedures (‘SOP’) for cooperation with the law enforcement agencies, the affidavit states that the Indian Bank Association (‘IBA’) has finalized an updated SOP in consultation with Central Intelligence Economic Bureau (‘CEIB’) and the same has been circulated vide email dated 3rd June, 2024. The copy of the said email along with the SOP has been attached to this affidavit. A copy of this affidavit be provided to Ms. Hethu Arora Sethi, ld. ASC who can circulate within the Delhi Police and any other law enforcement agencies who may need cooperation from various banks.

8. List all the matters for further hearing on 23rd August, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.

9. List CS(COMM) 350/2020, CS(COMM) 176/2021, CS(COMM) 255/2020, CS(COMM) 324/2020 and CS(COMM) 471/2020 on 9th August, 2024 and 23rd August, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. for consideration of certain applications.

Advocate List
  • Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Prabhu Tandon, Ms. Kripa Pandit, and Mr. Sazid Rayeen, Advocates, Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan & Mr. Rohil Bansal, Advs, Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Ms. Rashmi Gogoi and Ms. Riya Rathi, Advs, Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Mr. Shashwat Tyagi, Ms. Alisha Sharma, Advocates, Ms. Devyani Nath & Mr. Shiv Mehrotra, Advocates, 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, Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard Alung, Advocates, 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, Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar Advocates, Mr. Peeyoosh Kalra, Mr. C.A. Brijesh, Mr. Krisna Gambhir, Ms. Simranjot Kaur, Advocates, Mr. Ishith Arora, Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Parshant Arora, Advocates, Ms. Rima Majumdar, Ms. Shilpi Sinha and Mr. Aaditya Vats, Mr. Sagar Chandra, Ms. Shubhie Wahi, Ms. Ankita Seth and Ms. Sanya Kapoor, Advocates, Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Ms. Vasanthi Hariharan, Advocates, Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocate, Mr. Arpit Dudeja, Advs, Mr. Dushyant Mahant, Mr. Urfee Roomi and Mr. Ayush Dixit, Advocates, Ms. Meenakshi Ogra, Mr. Tarun Khurana, Mr. Rishi Vohra & Ms Chhavi Panday, Advs, Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates, Mr Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Mr Anant Gautam, Mr R P Daida, Mr Dinesh Sharma, Ms Anani Achumi, Ms Shivani Sagar, Advocates, Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv, Mr. Kumar Vishwjeet, Adv, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC, Mr. Tribhuvan, Advs, Mr D.C. Tripathi, Advocate, Mr. Ramesh Kumar Mahaliyan, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates, Ms. Neeharika Chauhan, Mr. Naqeeb Nawab, Ms. Sejal Tayal, Ms. Pragya Choudhary, Advs, Mr. Sourabh Rath & Mr. Vibhore Yadav, Advs

  • Mr. Yashvardhan Singh, Advocate, Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates, Mr. Dayan Krishnan Senior Advocate with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates, Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates, Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates, Mr. Apoorv Kurup & Ms. Kirti Dadheech , Advocates, Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang, & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates, Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advocates, Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar Advocates, Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate, Ms. Lakahmi Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates, Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, Mr. Sarfaraz Khan & Mr Abdul Wahid, Advocates, Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate, Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advs, Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr. Samyak Bilala Advs, Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates, Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates, Ms. Swati Aggarwal, Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Aasish Samasi and Mr. Mohit Singh, Advs, Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocate, Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs, Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs, Ms. Richa Kapoor, Mr. Kunal Anand, Ms. Shisham Pradhan Mr. Deepak Singh Advs, Ms. Sonia Munjal, Adv, Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen Goyal, Mr L R Goyal Advocates, Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Dolly Luthra and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates, Mr. Vivek Jain and Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Advs, Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advocates, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates, Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocates, Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advocates, Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates, Mr. Surinder Singh, Mr. Abhishek Parashar, Mr. Manish Mohan, Mr. Rishi Kapoor, Mr. Saransh, Ms. Nandita Rao, Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Mr. Sahonwlah Farmani Ali, Ms Dharna Veragi, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates, Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates, Mr. Amrit Bhatia Advs, Mr. P.S. Sudheer and Ms. Anne Mathew, Advs, Mr. Ankur Prakash, Ms. Simran Gill, Mr. Yudhishthir Bhardwaj, Mr. Dhananjay, Mr. Amod Bidhuri & Mr. Saquib Siddiqui, Advocates, Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv, Mr. K.K. Singh, Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advocates, Mr. Parshant Arora, Advocates, Ms. Muskaan Gupta, Mr Naveen Kumar Jain, Adv,  Mr Firoz Iqbal Khan, Mohd Shad Advocate, Advocates, Mr. Rishabh Dev Mishra, Advocate, Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms Aishwarya Hiremath and Varnik Kundaliya, Advocates, Mr. Vineet Dhanda, Mr. Raghav Awasthi, Advocate, Mr. Navneet Mishra, Advocate for Ms. Ritu Mishra Advocate, Ms Yukti Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv, Mr. Harshal Arora, Advocate, Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates, Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Sachin Dubey, Mr. Debarchan De, Mr. Rajshekhar Rao Sr. Adv with Ms. Tine Abraham, Ms. Shivani Rawat, Mr. Mohanakrishna C., Mr. Abhi Udai Singh, Mr. Harshil Wason, Advocates, Mr Shyamal Anand, Mr. Thejesh Rajendran, Mr Tejpal Singh Rathore, Adv, Mr Nitinjya Chaudhry, Mr Rahul Mourya, Mr. Susmit Pushkar, Adv., Mr. Anchit Oswal, Adv., Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv., Ms. Naina Agarwal, Adv, Mr. Ramesh Babu with Ms. Manisha Singh and Ms. Jagriti Bharti, 

Bench
  • HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE PRATHIBA MANINDER SINGH
Eq Citations
  • 2024/DHC/4948
  • LQ/DelHC/2024/4477
Head Note