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2024 Supreme(Online)(DEL) 9255

$~39, 35 to38, 40 to 67 & 77 & 78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 01st February, 2024 (39)

+ CS (COMM) 135/2022 & I.As. 3423/2022, 9363/2022, 12156/2022, 16505/2022, 1221/2023, 1222/2023 DABUR INDIA LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Mr. Ankur Chibber, Mr. Prabhu Tandon, Ms. Kripa Pandit, and Mr. Sazid Rayeen, Advocates. (M: 7838499168)

versus ASHOK KUMAR AND ORS ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Yashvardhan Singh, Advocate for D-1. (M:9667056770)

Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates (M: 9810788606).

Ms. Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advs. for D-5 (M-9910083144) Mr. Dayan Krishnan Senior Advocate with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-4. (M:9987115749)

Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-7.

(M:8800556341)

Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates.

Mr. Apoorv Kurup & Ms. Kirti Dadheech , Advocates for R-3. (M:

8929015368)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates.

Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advocates.

(M:7827709253)

Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar Advocates.

Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate. (M:

8800009001)

Ms. Lakahmi Kruttika Vijay & Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-5.

(M: 9643233842)

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell Mr. Sarfaraz Khan & Mr Abdul Wahid, Advocates for UCO Bank (M-

9899140169)

(35) WTIH + CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019 TATA SKY LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Tanmaya Mehta ,Ms. Rashmi Gogoi and Ms. Riya Rathi, Advs. (M:

9999255931)

versus S G ENTERPREISES – TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES AND ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs. for D-5.

(M:9987115749)

Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-8.

(M:9990526912)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell Mr. Sanjay Gupta, and Mr. Amol Sharma Advs. for HDFC Bank (M.

9958609042)

(36) WITH + CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020, 996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022 GUJARAT COOPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD & ANR. ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Mr. Shashwat Tyagi, Ms. Alisha Sharma, Advocates. (M.

8750600178)

versus AMUL-FRANCHISE.IN & ORS. ..... Defendant Through: Mr. Anil Soni, CGSC with Mr. Rahul Mourya, Mr. Devvrat Yadav, Adv.

for UOI. (M:9560238258)

Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia,, CGSC with Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, G.P. and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocate for UOI. (M:9811418995)

Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate for D-26.

(M:9987115749)

Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, Adv. for D-37.

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs.

(M:9987115749) for D-27, 28 & 30.

Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, and Ms. Shalini Jha, Advocates for D-37.

(M:9871278525)

Mr. Ramesh Babu, Ms. Manisha Singh, Ms. Jagriti Bharti, and Ms. Tanya Chowdhary, Advocate for D-38 (M: 9971671294).

Ms. Ekta Choudhary, Ms. Anisha, Mr.

Divyank Dutt Dwivedi, Advocates.

Mr. Vihan Dang and Mr. Parva Khare & Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advs for D-52.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell (37) WITH + CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.A.1435/2024 SNAPDEAL PRIVATE LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Tanya Varma & Ms. Devyani Nath, Advocates. (M:7042547106)

versus GODADDYCOM LLC AND ORS ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates (M: 9810788606).

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs. (M:9987115749)for D-1, 10, 2,3,4, 23, 26, 31. (M:9987115749)

Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu Mr. Parva Khare Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-1 & 10.

Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-9.

(M:9910083144)

Ms. Pallavi Singh Rai, Adv; Mr.

Shubhaankar Ray, Advs. for D-24.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain & Ms. Shalini Jha, for D-34.

(M:9871278525)

Mr. Shatrajit Banerji, Advocate for D-24. (M: 8527862988)

Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, Adv. for D-34. (M:9871278525)

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell (38) WITH + 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 BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Mr. Shashwat Tyagi, Ms. Alisha Sharma, Advocates. (M.

8750600178)

versus REGISTRANT OF WWW.BAJAJ-FINSERVE.ORG & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates (M: 9810788606).

Advocates (M: 9810788606).

Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate , Mr. Alipak Banerjee ,Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocate for D-

6,7,11,12,14,17 and 22.

Mr. Manish Paliwal, and Ms. Himanshi Kaushik, Advocates for D-18. (M:8448257585)

Mr. Aditya Gupta, Ms. Aishwarya, Mr. Sauhard Alung and Ms. Asvari Jain, Advocates for D-19.

(M:9910083144)

Mr. Rajshekhar Rao Sr. Adv with Ms. Tine Abraham, Ms. Shivani Rawat, Mr. Mohanakrishna C., Mr. Abhi Udai Singh, Mr. Harshil Wason, Advocates for D-28. (M:

8054452858)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Ashok Kumar & Ms. Chhavi Arora, Advocates for D-31.

(M:9810011826).

Ms. Swati Aggarwal, Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Aasish Samasi and Mr.

Mohit Singh, Advs. for GoDaddy.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell (40) WITH + CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022 FASHNEAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: 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.

versus MEESHO ONLINE SHOPPING PVT. LTD. & ANR. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocate for D-6.

Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-10. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Adv, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates. for D-7.

Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocates for D-19 & 20. (M:9999999045)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell (41) WITH + CS (COMM) 490/2022 & I.As. 11214/2022, 17482/2022, 575/2023, 9796-98/2023, 11324/2023 INFINITI RETAIL LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404)

Versus M/S CROMA WHOLESELLER & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Anuj Srivastava, Advocate.

(M:9999690774)

Mr. Piyush Singhal, Mr. Paras Khurana & Ms. Himanshi Jain, Advs. for D-15. (M:8810488484)

Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv for Indian Bank (M. 8882149812)

Ms. Richa Kapoor, Mr. Kunal Anand, Ms. Shisham Pradhan Mr. Deepak Singh Advs. for D-19.

(M:8791519300)

Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC.

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-4 (M:9987115749).

Ms. Sonia Munjal, Adv. for D-22.

Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr.

Samyak Bilala Advs. for D-27.

Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC for UOI.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr.

Parshant Arora, Advocates for VI.

(42) WITH + CS(COMM) 193/2019 &I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019, 15451/2021, 6069/2022 COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan &

Mr. Rohil Bansal, Advs.(M-9079965359)

versus NIXI & ANR. ..... Defendants Through: Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-1 (M-9990526912).

Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advs for D-3-4.

Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr.

Samyak Bilala Advs.

Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI (M-9999999045) with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager legal.

Mr. Tentu Satyanarayan, Director (Legal), UIDAI & Mr. Tanmaya Nirmal, Deputy Manager (Legal &

Policy), UIDAI (M-9899113033).

Mr. Kushagra Goel, Mr Lovesh Goel, Ms. Tanya Singhal, Advocates for D-7 (M-9711443294).

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates SI Prince Kumar, PS Hauz Khas.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI (43) WITH + CS (COMM) 297/2019 MOTHER DAIRY FRUIT & VEGETABLE PVT. LTD...... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.

Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank, Advocates.

versus KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Ravi Shankar Mahto, Advocate for D-1.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell (44) WITH + CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019, 15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021 ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITED & ANR. ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar Advocates.

versus WWW.ULTRATECHCEMENTS.COM & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Ms. Swati Agarwal, Advocates for D-5 to

7. (M:9650001297)

Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra & Mr. Gagan Gupta, Advocates for D-9.

(M:9990937838)

Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC for UOI.

(M-999910115)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(45) WITH + CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020 MONTBLANC SIMPLO GMBH ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand & Mr. Devesh Ratan, Advs. (M:9810333571)

Mr. Manish Biala, Advocate.

versus MONTBLANCINDIA.COM & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, Mr. Vishal Advocates for D-23 (M.8447704226) Mr. Yajur Bhalla, Mr. Deepak Samota and Mr. Sumer Ahuja, Advocates for D-1, 2, 4 to 10 & 20. (M:9711009378) Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25 (M: 9971644936).

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-18.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(46) WITH + CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020, 84/2021, 430/2021, 1371/2021, 19495/2023 & 583/2024 ITC LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, Mr Siddhant Chamola, Advocates.

versus ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Ms. Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6.

Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen Goyal, Mr L R Goyal Advocates for D-12. (M:8826767020)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-14. Ms. Asmita Kumar, Advocate for D-31. (M:9899967516)

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Mr Rajiv Kapur, Mr. Akshit Kapur and Mr. Aditya Saxena, Advocates for SBI (M: 9634644652).

(47) WITH + CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.

Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

versus PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Dolly Luthra and Ms. Aashta Sood, Advocates for D-1, 2 & 3. (M:9911995000)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(48) WITH + CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020 JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INC. ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.

Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank, Advs. (M:8800520258)

versus WWW.JOCKEYFRANCHISE.COM & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Vivek Jain and Ms. Aastha Tiwari, Advs. for D-4.

(M:9871863446)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(49) WITH + CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022 GODREJ PROPERTIES LTD ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Vibhav Mithal and Mr. Achyut Tiwari, Advocates.

(M:8447458389)

versus ASHOK KUMAR & ANR. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-2.

(M:9987115749)

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(50) WITH + CS (COMM) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.

Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

versus TECH HERACLES OPC PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Mr Rajiv Kumar Malik , Mrs. Megha, Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advocates for D-1 to 3.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocates for UOI (51) WITH + CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021, 15052/2021 TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan Mr.

Achuthan Sreekumar & Mr. Rohil Bansal Advocates. (M:9079965359)

versus M/S ELECTRO INTERNATIONAL & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.

Samir Chugh, Advocates for Airtel (M-9810455716)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for Airtel (M. 8896447704)

Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-8.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(52) WITH + CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023 THE HIMALAYA DRUG COMPANY & ORS. ..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms. Prachi Agarwal and Ms. Ms. Ridhie Bajaj, Advocates. (M:8800972785)

versus ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal. Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advocates for Go Daddy (M: 9987115749).

Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr. Prince Kumar, Mr. Amrit Bhatia Advs. (M. 9987115749)

Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25.

Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocate for D-29 (M-9311325398)

Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-17.

(M: 9910083144)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(53) WITH + CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023 MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.

Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.

versus VACATION RENTAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Mayank Mehandra, Mr. Charu Tandon & Mr. Sarthak Kapoor & Mr. Raghav Tandon, Advocate for D-1 &

2.

Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7. SI Manzoor Alam, Cyber Police Station, South-East.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(54) WITH + CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020, 6402/2022 INDIAMART INTERMESH LIMITED .... Plaintiff Through: 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.

Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr.

Parshant Arora, Advocates for VI.

versus MR. AKASH VERMA & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Uday Singh Chopra, Mr. Saransh Saini and Mr. Ujjawal Bhargava for D-2. (M:

9399304251).

Mr. Rishi Kapoor & Ms. Yashika Kapoor, Advocates for D-3.

(M:7011263450))

Ms. Meenakshi Dutta, Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra & Mr. Gautam Harshwal, Advocates for D-4 & 7. (M:

9521151974)

Mr Ankit Rastogi and Mr Saransh Saini, Advocates.

Mr. Saransh, Advocate for Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC (Crml.),GNCTD.

(M: 9717417996)

Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms.

Keya Rawat, Advocates.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(55) WITH + CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20247 /2022 SHOPPERS STOP LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Sagar Chandra, Ms. Shubhie Wahi, Ms. Ankita Seth and Ms. Sanya Kapoor, Advocates.

(M:9810907412)

versus M/S SHOPPERSTOP & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. P.S. Sudheer and Ms. Anne Mathew, Advs. for D-5.

(M:9891760039)

Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta Sahu Advocate , Mr. Parva Khare Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocate.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(56) WITH + CS(COMM) 471/2020, I.As. 9795/2020, 2961/2021, 2885/2022, 5509/2022, 15107/2022, 2939/2023, 10797/2023, 10798/2023, 22191/2023,22192/2023, 22206/2023, 22207/2023 PB FINTECH LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Ms. Vasanthi Hariharan, Advocates.

versus POLICY BAZAR FINANCE & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-9.

(M:9987115749).

Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi for D-16 (M: 7827709253).

Mr. Rohit Rattu, Adv. D-27 (M.

9650875817).

Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-42 Mr Rajesh Kumar Gautam Adv, Mr Anant Gautam Adv, Mr R P Daida Adv, Mr Dinesh Sharma Adv, Ms Anani Achumi, Ms Shivani Sagar, Advs. for R-51 (M. 8860853124) Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advocates for D-57 (M: 95822 06578).

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell (57) WITH + CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: 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.

versus NITIN KUMAR SINGH & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Ankur Prakash, Ms. Simran Gill, Mr. Yudhishthir Bhardwaj, Mr. Dhananjay, Mr. Amod Bidhuri & Mr.

Saquib Siddiqui, Advocates for D-1 Mr. Akshit Chaudhary, Advocate for D-5.

Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7. Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Kamaldeep, Advocate for UOI/D-18 & 19.

Mr. K.K. Singh, Advocate for D-27.

Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(58) WITH + CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022 KAMDHENU LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocate.

(M:7726021194)

Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal & Mr. Arpit Dudeja, Advs. (M.

9810132015)

versus RAGHUNATH VIRDHARAM BISHNOI AND ORS. .... Defendants Through: Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Advocates.

Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates (M: 9810788606).

Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate for D-3.

Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates Mr. Rishi Kapoor and Mr. Satish Rai, Advocates for D-3. (M:8368148214)

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-8.

(M:9987115749)

Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms. Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-7.

(M:8800556341)

Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-10 (M-99101983636)

Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare & Ms. Shweta Sahu Advs for D-8.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr.

Nikhil Sonker, Advocates.

Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs. for Reliance Jio.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr.

Parshant Arora, Advocates for VI.

59 WITH + CS(COMM) 12/2022, I.As. 263/2022 & 20922/2022, 24631/2023, 2418/2024, 2419/2024 NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS INC ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Dushyant Mahant, Mr. Urfee Roomi and Mr. Ayush Dixit, Advocates (M: 7011629381).

versus NBSTORESININDIA.IN & ORS. ..... Defendant Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, Adv, CGSC; Mr. Tribhuvan, Adv for D-15 (M. 9811472444)

Mr. Apoorv Kurup, CGSC; Ms. Nidhi Mittal; Ms. Muskaan Gupta, Advs. for D-16 (M. 8826584325)

Mr Naveen Kumar Jain, Adv. D-17 (M. 9971759700).

Mr Shivam Narang, Advocate for D-26 Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell Mr. Akshay Goel, Ms. Vishali Nahar, Mr. Paras Arora, Advs. for D-13 (M.

98117 83019)

(60) WITH + CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022 HT MEDIA LTD ..... Plaintiff Through: 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. (M:8017571175)

versus POOJA SHARMA & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr Firoz Iqbal Khan, Mohd Shad Advocate, Advocates for D-4 (M.

(8010352077)

Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for D-10.

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-19.

(M:9987115749)

Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-20. (M:9911983636).

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.

Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(61) WITH + CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022, 8767/2022 KAJARIA CERAMICS LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Rima Majumdar, Mr. Aditya Vats and Ms. Shilpi Sinha, Advocates.

(M:9818202368)

versus GODADDY.COM LLC & ORS. ..... Defendant Through: Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-1.

(M:9987115749)

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Mr. Sandhya Chawla, Adv. for D-2.

Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for D-3 (M. 9818455555)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for d-4 Ms. Kirti Bhardwaj, Adv. for D-5(b).

Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.

Samir, Advocate (M-9810455716)

Mr. Santosh Kr. Rout, Ms. Dharna Veragi, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates for D-6.

Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr.

Parshant Arora, Advocates for VI.

(62) WITH + CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022 BAJAJ FINACE LTD & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: 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.

versus NIKO DAS & ANR. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for D-3.

Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4 (M: 9910014062).

Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate for D-7.

Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. V. Dang & Ms. Aditi, Advocates for D-3.

(M:9971586598)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.

Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr.

Parshant Arora, Advocates for VI.

(63) WITH + CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022 HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: 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.

versus UNILEVERR1.IN & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for D-9.

Mr. Rahul Chauhan, Ms. Aishwarya Mishra Advocates for D-21.

Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25 Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.

Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.

Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms Aishwarya Hiremath and Varnik Kundaliya, Advocates for D-20 (M:9481929037)

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(64) WITH + CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022 AMAZON SELLER SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: 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.

Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr.

Samyak Bilala Advs. for D-8.

versus AMAZONBUYS.IN & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. G. Mirza, Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4. (M:7434045442)

Mr Rishab Raj Jain, Mr. Sharique Hussain, Mr. Sohit Choudhary, Advocate for D-5.

Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate for D-7.

Ms Yukti Gupta, Advocate for HDFC Bank Ms. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta & Mr. Aayush Kevlani, Advocates for D-8 (M-9167094381)

Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Adv. for D-10.

Mr. Vineet Dhanda, CGSC with Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocate for UOI/D-18 & 19.

Mr. Harshal Arora, Advocate for D-5.

(M:9711986759)

Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates for D-4.

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.

Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Ms Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6 Canara Bank (M- 9873796792) (65) WITH + CS (COMM) 303/2022, I.As. 7302/2022, 7307/2022, 17365/2022, 19451/2022, 21036/2022, 169/2023, 1932/2023, 1933/2023, 3319/2023, 7338/2023, 8120/2023, 11597/2023, 13276/2023, 17896/2023, 24159/2023, 720/2024 BURGER KING CORPORATION ..... Plaintiff Through: Ms. Meenakshi Ogra, Mr. Tarun Khurana, Mr. Rishi Vohra & Ms Chhavi Panday, Advs.

(M:7291005464)

Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates (M: 9810788606).

Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404)

Mr Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Mr Anant Gautam, Mr R P Daida, Mr Dinesh Sharma, Ms Anani Achumi, Ms Shivani Sagar, Advocates for R-11 (M. 8860853124)

Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv for Indian Bank (M. 8882149812)

Mr. Kumar Vishwjeet, Adv. for D-15 (M. 9718909886)

Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC, Mr. Tribhuvan, Advs. for D-15 Mr. Ramesh Kumar Mahaliyan, Adv.

for D-20 (M. 8275092500)

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-16 (M.

9987115749)

Versus SWAPNIL PATIL & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates.

Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dixit, Advocates (M. 9818455555)

Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Advocate for Bank of Maharashtra.

(M:9899491980)

Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Prashant Arora, Advocates for D-14. Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-16 (M:9987115749). Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell

66 WITH + CS (COMM) 113/2023 & I.As. 4200/2022, 14754/2022, 14770/2023, 15871/2023, 16828/2023, 21659/2023 INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOPERATIVE ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Mr. Shashwat Tyagi, Ms. Alisha Sharma, Advocates. (M.

8750600178)

Versus REGISTRANT OF IFFCOFRANCHISE.COM & ORS ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao Sr. Adv with Ms. Tine Abraham, Ms. Shivani Rawat, Mr. Mohanakrishna C., Mr. Abhi Udai Singh, Mr. Harshil Wason, Advocates for D-33. (M:

8054452858)

Mr Varun Pathak, Mr Shyamal Anand, Mr. Thejesh Rajendran, Mr Tejpal Singh Rathore, Adv. for D-34 Mr. Susmit Pushkar, Adv., Mr. Anchit Oswal, Adv., Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv., Ms. Naina Agarwal, Adv. for D-38.

Mr. Ramesh Babu with Ms. Manisha Singh and Ms. Jagriti Bharti, for Advs. D-39 (M. 9873922734)

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Mr. Nitinjya Chaudhry, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Rahul Mourya Advs. for D-35 (67) WITH + CS (COMM) 610/2023 & I.A. 16723/2023, 647/2024 CRESSET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Sourabh Rath & Mr. Vibhore Yadav, Advs. (M: 9811153629)

versus REGISTRANT OF WWW.CRESSETCAPITAL.IN , WWW.CRESSETINDIALIVE.LIVE & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms. Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari & Mr. Samyak Bilala Advs. for D-6.

(M:9990952258)

Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC, with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Alexander Mathai Paikaday, and Mr. Krishnan V., Advocates (M: 9810788606).

Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai Paikaday, Advocates.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(77) WITH + CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020 XIAOMI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Peeyoosh Kalra, Mr. C.A.

Brijesh, Mr. Krisna Gambhir, Ms. Simranjot Kaur, Advocates (M:9899320646)

Mr. Ishith Arora, Adv. (M.

9654451996)

Versus WWW.XIAOMI-INDIA.XYZ& ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Ms. Shikha Sarin & Mr. Paras Malhotra, Advs. (M: 9910485840)

Mr. Abhishek Parashar, In person. (M:

9319317578)

Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC. (M:

9717906181)

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates for D-29 (M.

9987115749)

Ms. Yashika Kapoor and Mr. Parshant Arora, Advs. for VI.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

(78) AND + CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020, 11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023, 15626/2023, 19511/2023 &

19574/2023 MCDONALDS CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs Through: Ms. Rima Majumdar, Ms. Shilpi Sinha and Mr. Aaditya Vats, Advocates.

versus NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. Akshat Kaushik, Mr. Piyush M. Dwivedi Advocate for D-1.

Mr. Vivek Jain & Mr. Aastha Tiwari, Ms. Tulasi Mukhi, Advocates for D-18 & 28 (M9811426480).

Mr. Kartik Bhalla, Adv. for ICICI Bank (M. 9818707178)

Mr. Jaydip Pati, Advocate for D-24.

Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal for D-5, 2, 6 7, & 8 (M:

9987115749).

Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Mr. Sahonwlah Farmani Ali, Advocate for D-35&36 (M-9469448888)

Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Ms Dharna Veragi, Mr. Pawan Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Advocates for D-13 to 17, 22, 26, 27, 31)

Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur, Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates.

Mr Yashu Rustagi, Advocate for BOB.

Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal Ms. Anvita Goel Mr. Prince Kumar Mr. Amrit Bhatia Advs. for D-5 (M.

9987115749)

Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha Patnaik, Advocates for D-25.

Mr. Rajat Katyal & Mr. Harsh Sinha, Adv. for Yes Bank.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell.

Sh. V. K Gupta, Sh. Sunil Shukla & Ms. Kaushiki Kashyap Advocates for D-57 (M: 95822 06578).

Mr. Harsh Sinha, Advocate for Yes Bank. AND (81) AND + CS (COMM) 389/2022 & I.As. 9069/2022, 12578/2022 THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC ..... Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Ms. Neeharika Chauhan, Mr. Naqeeb Nawab, Ms. Sejal Tayal, Ms. Pragya Choudhary, Advs. versus ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. ..... Defendants Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr.

Sachin Dubey, Mr. Debarchan De, Adv for D-4 & 5.

Ms Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Insp Suneel Siddhu, Insp Sanjeev Solanki, Insp Arundev Nehra, Insp Bhanwar Singh, SI Manoj, IFSO, Special Cell Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal for D-12 (M: 9987115749)

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH

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1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. These matters relate to domain names being registered by unknown third parties infringing trade mark rights of various brand owners and implementation of Court orders by the Domain Name Registrars (‘DNR’s). 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. Today, submissions have been made in part by Mr. Darpan Wadhwa.

Reply to queries raised by police authorities by banks

4. In terms of the order dated 24th November, 2023, considering the various grievances that were raised against the Banks by the law enforcement agencies i.e., Cyber Cell of Delhi Police, notices were issued to the various Banks once again including through nominated counsels, etc. Further, for the purpose of disclosure of information to law enforcement agencies and for better coordination between the Cyber Cell of Police Authorities and the Bank Authorities, it was directed by the Court that meeting be held between the concerned Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. Pursuant thereto, two developments have taken place, as follows:

(i) Mr. Sanjay Gupta, ld. Counsel appearing for the HDFC Bank submits that a high level meeting on prevention of cyber crimes was called by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) along with some senior officials belonging to the Ministry of Home Affairs including I4C (Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre) and Director General of Police (DGP)s of some States. In the said meeting, the law enforcement agencies had clearly expressed that Banks ought to expedite the process of providing of information. Accordingly, the entire issue has been taken cognizance of by the Indian Banks Association (IBA) as also by the RBI.

(ii) An affidavit has been filed by the RBI sworn by Mr. Ajay Abrol, the Assistant General Manager of the Department of Supervision in RBI. As per the RBI’s affidavit, detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) has been prepared for exchange of information between Banks and law enforcement agencies. The said SOP has been circulated to all the Banks including the law enforcement agencies such as Police, Economic Intelligence Council Convener, National Investigation Agency (NIA), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT), Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), FIU-IND, etc.

5. Mr. Ramesh Babu, ld. Counsel has taken the Court through the Standard Operating Procedure (hereinafter, ‘SOP’) attached to the affidavit dated 16th January, 2024. In terms of the said SOP, it is submitted by Mr. Babu that the deadlines for Banks to provide information, upon being requested by Law enforcement agencies, have been fixed strictly and the same have to be mandatorily complied with by all Banks.

6. Mr. Gupta submits that the IBA has asked for the constitution of a sub-group and two executives should be nominated by each of the Banks, which the HDFC bank has already done.

7. Mr. Kapoor, ld. Counsel submits that State Bank of India (‘SBI’) has also nominated concerned officials for the said sub-group. He further submits that he has filed on record the SOP followed by the Bank with respect to information sought from law enforcement agencies.

8. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ld. ASC, however, controverts and submits that even as of January, 2024, information sought from SBI was not provided to the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police.

9. It appears that the SOP and the manner in which the SOPs have to be implemented by all the Banks is still a work in progress. Let the IBA hold the meeting of the concerned sub-groups and sub-committee in order to ensure that all Banks follow the SOP in respect of information disclosure mechanism to the law enforcement ag

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