IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
HERO INVESTCORP PRIVATE LIMITED ANR & ANR. VS. NEERAJ BAGH HOUSE
CS(COMM) 1369/2025
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ CS(COMM) 1369/2025
FIND AGENCIES PVT. LTD & ORS. .....Plaintiffs
Through: Ms.SwathiSukumar,SeniorAdvocate
with Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, Mr.
Rohan Chawla, Mr. Amar Bajpayee,
Mr. Rohan Rana, Mr. Ritik
Raghuwanshi and Ms. Archita Yadav,
Advocates.
versus
ARISTIDE SAMUEL & ORS. .....Defendants
Through:
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA
O R D E R
% 19.12.2025
I.A. No. ______/2025 (filed vide Diary No. 9198238/2025)
1. For the reasons mentioned in the Application, the same is allowed.
2. Squarespace Domains II LLC is impleaded as Defendant No. 9 in the
present Suit.
3. AmendedMemoof Partiesfiled alongwiththis Application istaken on
record.
4. The Application stands disposed of.
I.A. No. 31949/2025 (Exemption)
5. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
6. The Application stands disposed of.
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##PAGE2##I.A. No. 31950/2025 (Exemption from pre-institution Mediation)
7. This is an Application filed by the Plaintiffs seeking exemption from
instituting pre-litigation Mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial
Courts Act, 2015 (“CC Act”).
8. As the present matter contemplates urgent interim relief, in light of the
judgment of the Supreme Court in Yamini Manohar v. T.K.D. Krithi, 2023
SCC OnLine SC 1382, exemption from the requirement of pre-institution
Mediation is granted.
9. The Application stands disposed of.
I.A. No. 31952/2025 (Exemption from advance service to the Defendant)
10. This is an Application filed by the Plaintiffs under Section 151 of the
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”), seeking exemption from advance
service to the Defendants.
11. Ms. Swathi Sukumar, learned Senior Counsel for the Plaintiffs,
submittedthatthereisarealandimminentlikelihoodthattheDefendantsmay
take immediate steps to dispose of, conceal or suppress their infringing
business operations and digital footprints bearing the deceptively similar
Trade Mark.
12. In viewof the factthat the Plaintiffshave sought anurgent ex-partead-
interiminjunctionalongwiththeappointmentoftheLocalCommissioner,the
exemption from advance service to the Defendants is granted.
13. The Application is disposed of.
CS (COMM) 1369/2025
14. Let the Plaint be registered as a Suit.
15. Issue Summons.Let the Summons be served to the Defendants through
all permissible modes upon filing of the Process Fee.
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##PAGE3##16. The Summons shall state that the Written Statement(s) shall be filed
by the Defendants within 30 days from the date of the receipt of Summons.
Along with the Written Statement(s), the Defendants shall also file
Affidavit(s) of Admission / Denial of the documents of the Plaintiffs, without
which the Written Statement(s) shall not be taken on record.
17. Liberty is granted to the Plaintiffs to file Replication(s), if any, within
30 days from the receipt of the Written Statement(s). Along with the
Replication(s)filedbythePlaintiffs,Affidavit(s)ofAdmission/Denialofthe
documents of Defendants be filed by the Plaintiffs, without which the
Replication(s) shall not be taken on record.
18. In case any Party is placing reliance on a document, which is not in
their power and possession, its details and source shall be mentioned in the
list of reliance, which shall also be filed with the pleadings.
19. IfanyofthePartieswishtoseekinspectionofanydocuments,thesame
shall be sought and given within the prescribed timelines.
20. List before the learned Joint Registrar on 23.02.2026 for completion of
service and pleadings.
I.A. No. 31951/2025 (O-XI R-1(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure
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