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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on: 17 September 2025 Pronounced on: 5 January 2026

+ LPA 475/2025, CM APPLs. 45526/2025 & 45579/2025

MR. SUMIT VIJAY & ANR. .....Appellants

Through: Mr. C.M. Lall, Sr. Adv and Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Rupin Bahl, Mr. Karan Bajaj, Ms. Aastha Arora, Mr. Avinash and Ms. Annanya Mehan,

Advs. versus

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

PROPERTIES INC. & ANR. .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Urfi Roomi, Ms. Janaki Arun, Mr. Jaskaran Singh, Ms. Angela

Arora, Advs. for R-1

Mr. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Akash Mishra, Mr. Arnav Mittal and Mr. Mayank

Sansanwal, Advs. for R-2

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA

JUDGMENT

% 05.01.2026

C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. The blue jay, a truly beautiful bird, is native to eastern North America. Though the appellants before us have sought to contend that the blue jay is also known as the Indian Roller and is the State bird of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, this is incorrect. The blue jay and the Indian roller belong, in fact, to different avian families, with

the former belonging to the Corvidae and the latter to the Coraciidae family. The illusion seems to have originated in th