MINI PUSHKARNA
BP P. L. C. – Appellant
Versus
Subhash Chandra, Trading As Shivay Enterprises – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MINI PUSHKARNA, J
I.A. 8999/2024
1. The present application has been filed under Order XIII-A Rules 3 & 6(1)(a) read with Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (“CPC”).
2. Present suit has been filed by the plaintiffs seeking permanent injunction restraining the defendant from dealing in engine oil, coolants and lubricants and/or similar goods, bearing the defendant's Marks and Packaging, BPL, BPL GOLD, and the Oil in Action Device Mark
, and/or the piratical container(s)
and marks or packaging or designs that are nearly identical/similar to the plaintiffs’ Marks and Packaging.
3. The plaintiffs seek a summary judgment against the defendant, on the ground that the defendant has no prospect of defending the plaintiffs’ claims and in view of the various admissions by the defendant with respect to his use of the defendant’s Marks and Packaging, which are nearly identical/deceptively similar to the plaintiffs’ Marks and Packaging and plaintiffs’ Container Design.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the plaintiffs submits that, the defendant has made various admissions, including, his written statement and his reply to Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2, with respect to his use of th
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