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2023 Supreme(Del) 3846

PRATHIBA M. SINGH
Dabur India Limited – Appellant
Versus
Ashok Kumar – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, and Mr. Kripa Pandi, Advocates, for the Plaintiff in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Mr. Yashvardhan Singh, Advocate, for the Defendant-1 in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Ms. Kruttika Vijay, Ms. Geetanjali Viswanathan, & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates, for the Defendant-5 in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Mr. Dayan Krishnan Senior Advocate with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates, for the Defendant-4 in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates, for the Defendant-7 in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Akshi Rastogi, Ms. Vaani Kaushik & Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advocates in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023 & for the Defendant 3-4 in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
Mr. Apoorv Kurup & Ms. Kirti Dadheech, Advocates, for the Respondent-3.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023 & CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019, 20157/2022 in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022 & CS (COMM) 297/2019 & CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021 & CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020 & CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4171/2021, 4172/2021 & CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 & CS (COMM) 251/2020 & I.As. 5544/2020, 7655/2022 & CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022 & CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023 & CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021 & CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20246-47/2022 & CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020, 2506/2021, 2530/2021 & CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 & CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022 & CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021 & CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021 & CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 & CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 & CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022 & CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023 & CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 & CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 & CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 & CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022 & CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advocates in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki, Inspector Kusum, Inspector Suneel Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023 & CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022 & CS (COMM) 297/2019 & CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021 & CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021 & CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020 & CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4171/2021, 4172/2021 & CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 & CS (COMM) 251/2020 & I.As. 5544/2020, 7655/2022 & CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022 & CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023 & CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021 & CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20246-47/2022 & CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020, 2506/2021, 2530/2021 & CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 & CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022 & CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022 & CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021 & CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021 & CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 & CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 & CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022 & CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023 & CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 & CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 & CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 & CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022 & CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022 & CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
ACP Raman Lamba with Insp. Suneel Siddhu, IFSO, Special Cell in CS (COMM) 135 of 2022 & I.As. 3423 of 2022, 9363 of 2022, 12156 of 2022, 16505 of 2022, 1221 of 2023, 1222 of 2023.
Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Advocate, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019, 20157/2022.
Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Parva Khare, Advocates, for the Defendant-5 in CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019, 20157/2022.
Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate, for the Defendant-8 in CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019, 20157/2022.
Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan & Mr. Rohil Bansal, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate, for the Defendant-1 in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates, for the UOI with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager legal in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
Mr. Tentu Satyanarayan, Director (Legal), UIDAI & Mr. Tanmaya Nirmal, Deputy Manager (Legal & Policy), UIDAI in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
Mr. Kushagra Goel & Mr. Abhimanyu Yadav, Advocates, for the Defendant-7 in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
SI Prince Kumar, PS Hauz Khas in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI in CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022.
Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 297/2019 & CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020 & CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020.
Mr. Yash Vardhan Singh, Advocate, for the Defendant-1 in CS (COMM) 297/2019.
Mr Kushal Gupta, Advocate, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021.
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with Ms. Binsy Susan & Ms. Swati Agarwal, Advocates, for the GoDaddy in CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021.
Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra & Mr. Gagan Gupta, Advocates, for the Defendant-9 in CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021.
Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC, for the UOI in CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021. & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Mahesh, Mr. Gulshan Kumar, Ms. Shubhangi Sood & Ms. Aashi, Advocates, for the Defendant-2,3 in CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020.
Mr V.P. Singh & Mr. Vansh Malhotra, Advocates, for the Defendant-10 in CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020.
Mr. Siddharth Sangal & Ms. Nilanjani Tandon, Advocates, for the Defendant-11/SBI in CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020.
Mr. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, Standing Counsel with Mr. Arun Panwar, Mr. Tapesh Raghav, Mr. Prudyumn Rao and Mr. Mahak Rankawat, Advcoates in CS (COMM) 317/2019 & I.As. 8404-05/2019, 3270/2020.
Mr. Pravin Anand & Mr. Devesh Ratan, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4171/2021, 4172/2021.
Mr. Yajur Bhalla, Mr. Deepak Samota and Mr. Sumer Ahuja, Advocates, for the Defendant-1, 2, 4 to 10 & 20 in CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4171/2021, 4172/2021.
Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate, for the Defendant-25 in CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4171/2021, 4172/2021.
Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare & Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocates, for the Defendnat-18 in CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020, 4171/2021, 4172/2021.
Mr. Vivek Jain and Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Advocates, for the Defendant-4 in CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020.
Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 251/2020 & I.As. 5544/2020, 7655/2022 & CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020, 2506/2021, 2530/2021 & CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021 & CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023.
Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Nancy, Ms. Dolly Luthra and Ms. Aastha Sood, Advocates, for the Defendant-1 & 2 in CS (COMM) 251/2020 & I.As. 5544/2020, 7655/2022.
Mr. Tushar Sahu, Advocate, for the Defendant-3 in CS (COMM) 251/2020 & I.As. 5544/2020, 7655/2022.
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, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022 & CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021 & CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022 & CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 & CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 & CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Uday Singh Chopra, Mr. Saransh Saini and Mr. Ujjawal Bhargava, for the Defendant-2 in CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022.
Mr. Rishi Kapoor & Ms. Yashika Kapoor, Advocates, for the Defendant-3 in CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022.
Ms. Meenakshi Dutta, Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra & Mr. Gautam Harshwal, Advocates, for the Defendant-4 & 7 in CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022.
Mr Ankit Rastogi and Mr Saransh Saini, Advocates in CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022.
Mr. Saransh, Advocate for Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC (Crml.), GNCTD in CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022.
Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms. Keya Rawat, Advocates in CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022.
Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Ms. Rima Majumdar and Ms. Shilpi Sinha, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023.
Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Advocate, for the Defendant-1 in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023.
Mr. Vivek Jain & Mr. Aastha Tiwari, Advocates, for the Defendant-18 & 28 in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023.
Mr. Alipak K. Banerjee and Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocates, for the Defendant-5, 2, 6 7, & 8 in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023.
Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Mr. Sahonwlah Farmani Ali, Advocate, for the Defendant-35 & 36 in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023.
Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates, for the Defendant-13 to 17, 22, 26, 27, 31 in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023
Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates. Mr Yashu Rustagi, Advocate, for the BOB in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023
Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023 & CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023.
Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates, for the Defendant-25 in CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023 & CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023.
Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021.
Ms. Ritu Mishra, Advocate, for the Defendant-6 in CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021.
Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen Goyal, Advocates, for the Defendant-12 in CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021.
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Advocate, for the Defendant-14 in CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021.
Ms. Asmita Kumar, Advocate, for the Defendant-31 in CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021.
Mr. Sagar Chandra, Ms. Shubhie Wahi, Ms. Ankita Seth and Ms. Sanya Kapoor, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20246-47/2022.
Mr. P.S. Sudheer and Ms. Anne Mathew, Advocates, for the Defendant-5 in CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20246-47/2022.
Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate in CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20246-47/2022.
Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Nancy and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates, for the Defendant-1, 2 & 3 in CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020, 2506/2021, 2530/2021.
Ms. Prachi Agarwal and Ms. Ms. Ridhie Bajaj, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023.
Mr. Alipak Banderjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare and Mr. Brijesh Ujjaniwal, Advocates, for the Go Daddy in CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023
Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocate, for the Defendant-29 in CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 4800/2021, I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023
Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Vibhav Mithal and Mr. Achyut Tiwari, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022.
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, & Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocates, for the Defendant-2 in CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022.
Ms. Tanya Varma & Ms. Devyani Nath, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022.
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022.
Ms. Shweta Sahu and Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parava Khare and Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates, for the Defendant-2,3,4,23,26,31 in CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022.
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocates, for the Defendant-1 & 10 in CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022.
Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates, for the Defendant-9 in CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022.
Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain & Ms. Shalini Jha, for the Defendant-34 in CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022.
Mr. Shatrajit Banerji, Advocate, for the Defendant-24 in CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022.
Mr Rajiv Kumar Malik, Mrs. Megha, Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advocates, for the Defendant-1 to 3 in CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021.
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates, for the UOI in CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021.
Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan Mr. Achuthan Sreekumar & Mr. Rohil Bansal Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021.
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocates, for the Airtel in CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021 & CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 & CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 & CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Advocate, for the Defendant-8 in CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021.
Mr. Ankur Prakash, Ms. Simran Gill, Mr. Yudhishthir Bhardwaj, Mr. Dhananjay, Mr. Amod Bidhuri & Mr. Saquib Siddiqui, Advocates, for the Defendant-1 in CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021.
Mr. Akshit Chaudhary, Advocate, for the Defendant-5 in CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021.
Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Advocate, for the Defendant-7 in CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021
Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Kamaldeep, Advocate, for the UOI/D-18 & 19 in CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021.
Mr. K.K. Singh, Advocate, for the Defendant-27 in CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021.
Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advocates, for the Reliance Jio in CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021.
Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocate, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advocates in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate, for the Defendant-3 in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Rishi Kapoor and Mr. Satish Rai, Advocates, for the Defendant-3 in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Mr. Parva Khare and Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates, for the Defendant-8 in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates, for the Defendant-9 in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates, for the Defendant-10 in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare & Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocates, for the Defendant-8 in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocates in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advocates, for the Reliance Jio in CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022.
Mr. Firoz Iqbal Khan, Advocate, for the Defendant-4 in CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022.
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Advocate, for the Defendant-10 in CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022.
Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, and Advocates, for the Defendant-19 in CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022.
Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates, for the Defendant-20 in CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates in CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022.
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr. Samir Chugh, Advocate, for the Airtel in CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022.
Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Ms. Priya Adlakha, Mrs. Bindra Rana, Ms. Tanvi Bhatnagar, Ms. Rima Majumdar and Ms. Shilpi Sinha, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022.
Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Parva Khare, Advocates, for the Defendant-1 in CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022.
Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Advocate, for the Defendant-2 in CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022.
Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate, for the defendant-4 in CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022.
Ms. Kirti Bhardwaj, Advocate, for the Defendant-5(b) in CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022.
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Samir, Advocate in CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022.
Mr. Santosh Kr. Rout, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates, for the Defendant-6 in CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022.
Mr. Mayank Mehandra, Mr. Charu Tandon & Mr. Sarthak Kapoor & Mr. Raghav Tandon, Advocate, for the Defendant-1 & 2 in CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023.
Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Advocate, for the Defendant-7 in CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023.
SI Manzoor Alam, Cyber Police Station, South-East in CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023.
Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates, for the Defendant-3 in CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022.
Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate, for the Defendant-7 in CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. V. Dang & Ms. Aditi, Advocates, for the Defendant-3 in CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022.
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Advocate, for the Defendant-9 in CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022.
Mr. S. Surender, Advocate, for the Defendant-21 in CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022.
Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate, for the Defendant-25 in CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022
Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms Aishwarya Hiremath and Varnik Kundaliya, Advocates, for the Defendnat-20 in CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022.
Mr. G. Mirza, Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates, for the Defendant-4 in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Mr. Sohit Choudhary, Advocate, for the Defendant-5 in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Ms Yukti Gupta, Advocate, for the HDFC Bank in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Ms. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta & Mr. Aayush Kevlani, Advocates, for the Defendant-8 in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Advocate, for the Defendant-10 in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Mr. Vineet Dhanda, CGSC with Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocate, for the UOI/Defendant-18 & 19 in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Mr. Harshal Arora, Advocate, for the Defendant-5 in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates, for the Defendant-4 in CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocate, for the Defenant-6 in CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022.
Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates, for the Defendant-10 in CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022.
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal & Ms. Shweta Sahu, Advocate, for the Defendant-7 in CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022.
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocates, for the Defendant-19 & 20 in CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022.
Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio in CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022.
Mr. Abhishek Singh and Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Alisha Sharma & Ms. Insha Mushtaq, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022
Mr. Anil Soni, CGSC with Mr. Rahul Mourya, Advocate, for the UOI in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia,, CGSC with Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, G.P. and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocate, for the UOI in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocate, in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Alipak Banerjee & Ms. Shweta Sahu and Advocates, for the Defendant-26 in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Brijesh and Ms. Shweta Shahu, Advocates, for the Defendant-27, 28 & 30 in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, and Ms. Shalini Jha, Advocates, for the Defendant-37 in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Ramesh Babu, Ms. Manisha Singh, Ms. Jagriti Bharti, and Ms. Tanya Chowdhary, Advocate, for the Defendant-38 in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Ms. Ekta Choudhary, Ms. Anisha, Mr. Divyank Dutt Dwivedi, Advocates in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Vihan Dang and Mr. Parva Khare & Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates, for the Defendant-52 in CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022.
Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. Jamal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Insha Mushtaq Ms. Alisha Sharma & Mr. Ujjwal, Advocates, for the Petitioner in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates, for the Respondent in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocate with Mr. Alipak Banerjee & Ms. Shweta Sahu and Advocates, for the Defendant-6,7,11,12,14,17 and 22 in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
Mr. Manish Paliwal, and Ms. Himanshi Kaushik, Advocates, for the Defendant-18 in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
Mr. Akhil Sibal, Senior Advocate with Mr. Aditya Gupta, Ms. Aishwarya, Mr. Sauhard Alung and Ms. Asvari Jain, Advocates, for the Defendant-19 in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Senior Advocate with Mr. Tine Abraham, Mr. Manasa Sundaraman C., Ms. Kshipra Pyare and Ms. Mansi Sood Trileyal, Advocates, for the Defendant-28 in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate, for the Defendant-31 in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023.
Ms. Swati Aggarwal, Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Aasish Samasi and Mr. Mohit Singh, Advocates, for the GoDaddy in CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022, 14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023

JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh (Oral)--This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. These matters relate to domain names being registered by unknown third parties infringing trademark right of various brand owners and implementation of court orders by the Domain Name Registrars (`DNR'). From time to time, various directions have been passed by this Court in respect of blocking and locking of the infringing domain names, and implementation of court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be located in India.

3. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, ld. Sr. Counsel appearing for GoDaddy has made further submissions on the legal position qua steps that could be taken on the in respect of DNRs who do not comply with the orders passed by this Court. Ld. Counsels for the Plaintiffs have also addressed the Court on the same.

4. Insofar as Delhi Police Cyber Cell is concerned, let a final status report in respect of all these cases be filed by Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC. Written submissions in respect of the challenges faced by the Delhi Police while dealing with illegalities committed on the internet such as in the present cases shall also be filed by Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC.

5. List for further hearing of thes

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