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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 19 December 2025 Pronounced on: 9 March 2026 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 146/2024, CM APPL. 39898/2024 & CM APPL. 39900/2024 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shobhit Agarwal, Ms. Shayal Anand, Mr. Prajjwal Kushwaha and Ms.

Meghana Kudligi, Advs.

versus GEONIX INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED, THROUGH ITS DIRECTORS, MR. GAURAV JAIN MR. SAURABH JAIN & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Rashi Bansal, Mr. Saurabh Lal and Ms. Deepti Thapa, Adv.

Mr. R.V. Sinha and Mr. A.S. Singh, Advs.

for R-2 and 3.

+ FAO(OS) (COMM) 147/2024, CM APPL. 40344/2024 & CM APPL. 40346/2024 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shobhit Agarwal, Ms. Shayal Anand, Mr. Prajjwal Kushwaha and Ms.

Meghana Kudligi, Advs.

versus DAICHI INTERNATIONAL & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Rashi Bansal, Mr. Saurabh Lal and Ms. Deepti Thapa, Adv.

+ FAO(OS) (COMM) 148/2024, CM APPL. 40350/2024 & CM APPL. 40352/2024 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shobhit Agarwal, Ms. Shayal Anand, Mr. Prajjwal Kushwaha and Ms.

Meghana Kudligi, Advs.

versus CONSISTENT INFOSYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Dushyant K. Mahant and Mr. Vimlesh Kumar, Advs. for R-1 Ms. Rashi Bansal, Mr. Saurabh Lal and Ms.

Deepti Thapa, Adv.

+ FAO(OS) (COMM) 151/2024, CM APPL. 40711/2024 & CM APPL. 40713/2024 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC .....Appellant Through: Mr. Ranjan Narula, Mr. Shakti Priyan Nair and Mr. Parth Bajaj, Advs.

versus CONSISTENT INFOSYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANR & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Dushyant K. Mahant and Mr. Vimlesh Kumar, Advs. for R-1.

+ FAO(OS) (COMM) 152/2024, CM APPL. 40762/2024 & CM APPL. 40764/2024 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC .....Appellant Through: Mr. Ranjan Narula, Mr. Shakti Priyan Nair and Mr. Parth Bajaj, Advs.

versus DAICHI INTERNATIONAL .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rashi Bansal, Mr. Saurabh Lal and Ms. Deepti Thapa, Adv.

+ FAO(OS) (COMM) 104/2025, CAV 230/2025, CM APPL.

36440/2025 & CM APPL. 36441/2025 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND ANR. .....Appellants Through: Ms. Shwetasree Majumder, Mr. Prithvi Singh, Ms. Devyani Nath and Ms.

Vanshika Singh, Advs.

versus HANSRAJ DUGAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Kanishk Kumar, Mr. Angad Makkar and Mr.

Priyansh Kohli, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA

JUDGMENT

% 09.03.2026 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

Facilitative Index to the Judgment judgment A. The lis

1. The appellants Western Digital Technologies Inc., “WD" hereinafter and Seagate Technology LLC, "Seagate" hereinafter manufacture Hard Disk Drives, “HDDs” hereinafter, which are sold to Original Equipment Manufacturers, "OEMs" hereinafter located outside India, who integrate these HDDs into personal computers, "PCs" hereinafter, laptops, servers and similar equipment. The appellants provide warranty for the HDDs up to a particular period, after which they are regarded as “end-of-life”. An end-of-life HDD does not lose its functionality; it is only that the manufacturer of the HDD does not provide any further warranty. The HDDs are extracted from the equipment in which they were integrated and imported into India.

2. These appeals fall into two categories. The respondents in FAO (OS) (Comm) 146/2024 (Geonix International Pvt Ltd, “Geonix” hereinafter), FAO (OS) (Comm) 147/2024 (Daichi International, “Daichi” hereinafter) and FAO (OS) (Comm) 148/2024 (Consistent Infosystems Pvt Ltd) purchase the HDDs after they are removed from the equipment abroad and imported into India whereas Hansraj Dugar, the respondent in FAO (OS) (Comm) 104/2025, himself imports the HDDs into India, after they are removed from the equipment abroad.

3. We will also deal with these matters separately.

FAO (OS) (Comm) 146/2024, FAO (OS) (Comm) 147/2024, FAO (OS) (Comm) 148/2024, FAO (OS) (Comm)