( 1 ) HAVE heard the arguments for deciding this application seeking temporary injunction till the disposal of the suit. Ad interim injunction order already stands granted In favour of the plaintiff vide order dated December 16,1987.

( 2 ) THE planitiff is a proprietor of trade mark ceat registered under No. 204251 since August, 1961, in respect of pneumatic and solid tyres for vehicles. This trade mark ceat has been in use in India since 1951 earlier by the predecessor-in-interest of the plaintiff and the registration of the said trade mark still subsists in favour of the plaintiff. It is the case of the plaintiff that the trade mark/word ceat is a part of the plaintiff s company trading style and is also an invented word and the plaintiff has been selling huge quantities of tyres, tubes and other material under the trade mark ceat and the plaintiff commands good reputation and goodwill in the said name and the sale of such goods runs into crores of rupees in a /year and the goods are also exported to various countries under the said trade mark ceat It was also pleaded that a huge amount has been incurred and is being incurred for carrying out advertisemen