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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 12141
IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Tushar Rao Gedela, J
AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN VS. AISHWARYAWORLD.COM & ORS.
CS(COMM) 960/2025 | I.A. 22276/2025 | I.A. 22277/2025 | I.A. 27546/2025 | I.A. 13107/2026
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Pravin Anand, Dhruv Anand, Dhananjay Khanna, Bhavya Verma, Nimrat Singh
For the Respondents: Abhineet Kalia, N.L. Ganapathi, Prabudh Singh, Rini V. Tigga, Mamta Rani Jha, Rohan Ahuja, Shruttima Ehersa, Aishwarya Debadarshini, Jahanvi Agarwal, Ruchir Mishra, Sanjiv Kumar Saxena, Mukesh Kumar Tiwari, Reba Jena Mishra
A defendant in an infringement suit may be deleted from the array of parties upon demonstrating full compliance with court-ordered takedown directions and providing an undertaking to adhere to future orders.
Headnote:The matter involves a commercial suit where certain defendants sought deletion from the array of parties. The defendants filed applications stating that they had complied with the court's directions dated 10.09.2025 and submitted compliance affidavits to this effect. The court noted that the defendants had provided undertakings to comply with any future takedown orders passed against infringing parties. The primary issue was whether the defendants could be deleted from the proceedings upon demonstrating compliance with the court's directions. The court reasoned that since the directions were complied with and a necessary undertaking for future compliance was provided, the applications for deletion were maintainable. The application seeking deletion is allowed and the defendant no.9 may be deleted from the array of parties; similarly, the application seeking deletion is allowed and the defendant no. 2 may be deleted from the array of parties.
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| 1. deletion of a party from the suit upon compliance with takedown orders and providing a future undertaking. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. allowing deletion of a defendant based on proven compliance with court directions. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. procedural scheduling for the completion of pleadings. (Para 13) |
O R D E R
I.A. 27546/2025 (O/b D-9 seeking deletion from the array of parties)
1. This is an application filed on behalf of the defendant no.9/ETSY, for deletion of defendant no.9/ETSY from the array of parties.
2. Mr. Prabudh Singh, learned counsel appearing for the defendant no.9/ETSY, states that the directions contained in the order dated 10.09.2025, passed by this Court in I.A. 22276/2023, has been complied with and in support thereof, a compliance affidavit dated 31.10.2025 has already filed and is on record. He states that an application seeking deletion of defendant no.9 from the array of parties has also been filed.
3. Learned counsel appearing for the defendant no.9 states that the necessary undertaking to comply with further takedown orders, which might be passed by this Court against any of the infringing defendants, is already contained and stated so in para 7 of the application seeking deletion.
4. In view of the statement made by learned counsel appearing for the defendant no.9, the application seeking deletion is allowed and the defendant no.9 may be deleted from the array of parties.
5. The defendant no.9 is bound by the said statement.
6. The application stands disposed of.
I.A. 13107/2026 (O/b D-2 seeking deletion from the array of parties)
7. Similarly, Mr. Abhineet Kalia, learned counsel appearing for defendant no.2/TEE PUBLIC, states that similarly, the defendant no.2 also has complied with the directions contained in the said order, in proof thereof, the compliance affidavit dated 08.02.2026 is filed and is already on record.
8. He also states that since the defendant no.2 has already complied with the directions and has stated so in para 9 of the application seeking deletion, the defendant no.2 may be deleted from the array of parties and for such relief I.A. 13107/2026 has been filed.
9. In view of the aforesaid statement made by the learned counsel appearing for the defendant no.2, the application seeking deletion is allowed and the defendant no. 2 may be deleted from the array of parties.
10. The plaintiff shall file the amended memo of parties within one week.
11. The defendant no.2 is bound by the said statement.
12. The application stands disposed of.
CS(COMM) 960/2025
13. List before the Joint Registrar (Judl.) for completion of pleadings on the date already fixed i.e. 04.08.2026.
