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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
Sunita Agarwal, D.N.Ray
Prime Diamond Tech – Appellant
Versus
Sonani Jewels Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
ORDER :
SUNITA AGARWAL, CJ.
These two connected petitions have been filed by the petitioners/defendant Nos. 1 to 4 in the suit, challenging the common order dated 25.06.2025 passed by the Commercial Court and 9th Additional District Judge, Surat below Exhs. 124, 125 and 134 in Commercial TM C.S. No. 38 of 2021.
2. By means of the order impugned, the trial court has allowed the applications at Exh. 124 and 125 filed by the defendants/petitioners herein for seeking access to the contents of the sealed envelop filed by the plaintiff in the Court. Whereas, the application Exh. 134 was filed by the plaintiff for seeking an access to all the evidences collected during Local Commission carried out from the premises of the defendant No.1.
3. The trial court having noted the rival submissions of the learned counsels for the parties, has further noted that the plaintiff has submitted sealed envelop in the Court, which has not been allowed to be accessed by the defendants and the report of the Court Commissioner has also been submitted in the Court to opine that both the plaintiff and the defendants should be allowed to access such information subject to the conditions that the confidential infor
In copyright infringement cases, rival parties cannot access each other's trade secrets, preserving confidentiality as vital in protecting proprietary information.
A confidentiality order's necessity must be justified in protecting substantial commercial interests, which was not met by the plaintiffs as the information was widely shared and used by defendants.
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