JUDGMENT :

M. Duraiswamy, J.—

1. Challenging the fair and final orders passed in I.A.Nos.118 and 119 of 2016 in O.S.No.97 of 2016 on the file of Principal District Court, Tirupur, the defendant has filed the above Civil Miscellaneous Appeals.

2. The plaintiff filed the suit in O.S.No.97 of 2016 for the following reliefs:-

(i) for permanent injunction retraining the defendant from in any manner infringing the appellant's registered trademark "Valluvar" by using the trademark of Thiru Valluvar"/"Valluvar" or any other mark identical or deceptively similar to the plaintiff's trademark "Thiru Valluvar" in any other manner whatsoever in relation to the rice or rice related products;

(ii) for permanent injunction restraining the defendant in any manner passing off and/or enabling others to pass off the defendant's rice/rice products as and for the plaintiff's products by using, selling or offering to sell, distributing, displaying, printing, advertising their products bearing the trademark "Thiru Valluvar" or any other mark identical or deceptively similar to the plaintiff's trademark "Valluvar" per se or with any prefix or suffix or in any other manner whatsoever;

(iii) to direct the defend