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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI reserved on: 4 February 2026 pronounced on: 20 April 2026 + RFA(OS)(COMM) 38/2025 & CM APPL. 80125/2025 CASTROL LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Mr. Urfee Roomi, Ms. Janaki Arun, Ms. Anuja Chaudhary and Mr. Arpit Singhal, Advs.

versus SANJAY SONAVANE AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Adarsh Ramanujan, Mr. Parth Singh, Mr. Gaurav Sharma and Mr.

Madhav Anand, Advs. for R-1 Ms. Anuparna Chatterjee, Adv. for R-5 CORAM:

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

20.04.2026 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

Facilitative Index to the Judgment A. The lis

1. Castrol Ltd., 1“Castrol”hereinafter instituted two suits against Sanjay Sonavane.

2. In CS(Comm) 855/2025, 2“thefirstsuit”hereinafter, there are two defendants. The first defendant was Sanjay Sonavane and the second defendant was Indilube Petro Specialty Pvt. Ltd, 3“Indilube”hereinafter, in which Sanjay Sonavane was a Director.

3. In CS(Comm) 946/2025, 4“thesecondsuit”hereinafter, there were five defendants apart from Sanjay Sonavane, who was Defendant 1. Defendant 2 was Daily Bhramar, Defendant 3 was Maharastra Bulletin, a digital news agency, and Defendant 4 was Saksha