JUDGMENT :

S.R. Sathe, J.

This is a Petition for leave under Cause-14 of the Letters Patent.

2. The International Association of Lions Club also known as Lions Club International having head quarter at United States of America and area office at Nariman Point, Mumbai have filed this suit against the Defendants for permanent injunction. According to Petitioners, they are having registered trade marks such as "Lion", "Lion Club", "Lioness" "Leo" and all emblems and copy right. The Defendants Nos. 1 to 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21 are organizations/associations of persons incorporated or registered under the Society registration Act or laws relating to public trust. It is the case of Petitioner that the Defendant Nos. 1 to 28 wrongfully and with dishonest intention used the words "Lion", "Lions" in the name of their Organization/Association for e.g. the Defendant's named their organizations/associations by name such as "Association of Lions India", "Lions in India", "Bhartiya Lions", "Lions India Calcutta Ballygunge, "Lions India Kolkata East", Lions India Kolkata Indrani", "Lions India Kolkata West", "National Lions Club of Pune, Mukundnagar", "National Lions Club