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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
MANISH PITALE
Pidilite Industries Limited – Appellant
Versus
Astra Chemtech Private Limited & Ors. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. defendants filed application to vacate (Para 1) |
| 2. defendants claim misleading statements (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court emphasized integrity (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 4. application partly allowed (Para 28) |
ORDER :
1. The defendants have filed the present application under first proviso to Order XXXIX Rule 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) for vacating order dated 24th October, 2024, passed by this Court (Coram : R.I. Chagla, J.), whereby ex-parte ad-interim reliefs were granted in favour of the plaintiff. The defendants claim that the plaintiff knowingly made false and misleading statements in relation to material particulars in their pleadings while obtaining the aforesaid order dated 24th October, 2024. The defendants have principally raised two grounds in support of the said prayer. Firstly, that the plaintiff deliberately misrepresented the registered trade mark of the defendants and placed comparison between the registered trade mark of the plaintiff on the one hand and a misrepresented version of the registered trade mark of the defendants on the other, in order to obtain ex-parte ad-interim reliefs. Sec
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The importance of placing all facts before the court for dispensing justice and the disentitlement to relief due to deliberate omission of placing a counterstatement on record.
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