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$~26(OS) TO 52 (OS) & 54(OS) TO 56(OS)
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Date of Decision: 16 August, 2023
| Mr. Dayan Krishnan Senior Advocate | |||
| with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva | |||
| Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal | |||
| Advocates for D-4. (M: | 9987115749) |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | ||
|---|---|---|
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates. | ||
| Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr. | ||
| Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advocates. (M: | ||
| 7827709253) |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | ||
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates | ||
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | ||
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates. |
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan &
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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| Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali | |
| Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, | |
| Advocates. |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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| Mr. | Tushar Sahu, Advocate for D-3. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |||
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
| Mr. Rishi Kapoor & Ms. Yashika | |
| Kapoor, Advocates for D-3. (M: | |
| 7011263450)) |
| Mr Ankit Rastogi and Mr Saransh | |
| Saini, Advocates. |
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| Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms. | ||
| Keya Rawat, Advocates. | ||
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | ||
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
Through: Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Ms. Rima Majumdar
and Ms. Shilpi Sinha
versus
NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA
& ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Advocate for
D-1.
Mr. Vivek Jain & Mr. Aastha Tiwari,
Advocates for D-18 & 28
(M9811426480).
Mr. Alipak K. Banerjee and Ms.
Shweta Sahu, Advocates for D-5, 2, 6
7, & 8 (M: 9987115749).
Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC with Mr.
Sahonwlah Farmani Ali, Advocate for
D-35&36 (M-9469448888)
Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, Mr. Pawan
Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty,
Advocates for D-13 to 17, 22, 26, 27,
31)
Mr Rajiv Kapur & Mr Akshit Kapur,
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| Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mr Yashu Rustagi, Advocate for | ||
| BOB. | ||
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |||
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates | |||
| Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha | |||
| Patnaik, Advocates for D-25. |
| Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali | |
| Mittal, Mr Shivang Sharma, | |
| Advocates. |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Inspector Kusum , Inspector Suneel
Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam.
(40) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 154/2021 & I.A. 4692/2021, 10905/2022
GODREJ PROPERTIES LTD ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Vibhav Mithal
and Mr. Achyut Tiwari, Advocates.
(M:8447458389)
versus
ASHOK KUMAR & ANR. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate
with, Mr. Alipak Banerjee, & Ms.
Shweta Sahu, Advocates for D-2.
(M:9987115749)
Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD
with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai
Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along
with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki,
Inspector Kusum , Inspector Suneel
Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam.
(41) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 176/2021 & I.As. 14924/2022, 14925/2022
SNAPDEAL PRIVATE LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Ms. Tanya Varma & Ms. Devyani
Nath, Advocates. (M:7042547106)
versus
GODADDYCOM LLC AND ORS ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,
CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra,
Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai
Paikaday, Advocates (M: 9810788606).
Ms. Shweta Sahu and Mr. Alipak
Banerjee, Mr. Parava Khare and Mr.
Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advs, for D-
2,3,4,23,26,31. (M:9987115749)
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate
with Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Alipak
Banerjee and Ms. Shweta Sahu,
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
18:28:32
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
18:28:32
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
18:28:32
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
Through: Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek
Kumar Singh, Advocates.
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,
CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra,
Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander Mathai
Paikaday, Advocates (M: 9810788606).
Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate for D-
3.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and
Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates
Mr. Rishi Kapoor and Mr. Satish Rai,
Advocates for D-3. (M:8368148214)
Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Alipak
Banjerjee, Mr. Parva Khare and Mr.
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | ||
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates | ||
| Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr. | ||
| Nikhil Sonker, Advocates. |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Parva
Khare, Advs. for D-1. (M:9987115749)
Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD
with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai
Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along
with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki,
Inspector Kusum , Inspector Suneel
Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam.
Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Adv. for D-2.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for d-4
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms | |
| Aishwarya Hiremath and Varnik | |
| Kundaliya, Advocates for D-20 (M: | |
| 9481929037) |
| Ms Yukti Gupta, Advocate for HDFC | |
| Bank |
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| (M: | 9711986759) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, | |||||
| and Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Advocates | |||||
| for D-4. | |||||
| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |||||
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Nitin
Sharma, Mr. Yatin Garg, Mr. Ranjeet
Singh, Mr. Vivek Ayyagari, Mr. Angad
Makkar, Mr. M. J. Sudarshan, Ms.
Ramya Aggarwal and Mr. Sohrab
Mann, Advocates.
versus
MEESHO ONLINE SHOPPING PVT. LTD. & ANR. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and
Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocate for D-6.
Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy
and Mr. Parva Khare, Advs. for D-10.
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate
with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Brijesh
Ujjainwal & Ms. Shweta Sahu,
Advocate for D-7.
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr.
Abhigyan Siddhant and Mr. Danish
Faraz Khan, Advocates for D-19 & 20.
(M:9999999045)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu and Mr. Tushar
Bhardwaj, Advs for Reliance Jio.
Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD
with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai
Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along
with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki,
Inspector Kusum , Inspector Suneel
Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam.
(54) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 350/2020 & I.A. 7456/2020, 9624/2020, 9629/2020,
996/2021, 9204/2022, 16148/2022
GUJARAT COOPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION
LTD & ANR. ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh and Mr. J. Amal
Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Alisha
Sharma & Ms. Insha Mushtaq,
Advocates. (M:9910291290)
versus
AMUL-FRANCHISE.IN & ORS. ..... Defendant
Through: Mr. Anil Soni, CGSC with Mr. Rahul
Mourya, Adv. for UOI.
(M:9560238258)
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia,, CGSC with
Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, G.P. and Mr.
Danish Faraz Khan, Advocate for UOI.
(M:9811418995)
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang, and
Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocate
Mr. Alipak Banerjee & Ms. Shweta
Sahu and Advocates for D-26.
(M:9987115749)
Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Brijesh and
Ms. Shweta Shahu, Advocates for D-
27, 28 & 30.
Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, and Ms.
Shalini Jha, Advocates for D-37.
(M:9871278525)
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Signing Date:18.08.2023
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| Ms. Ekta Choudhary, Ms. Anisha, Mr. | |
| Divyank Dutt Dwivedi, Advocates. |
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| Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang | |
| & Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates |
Prathiba M. Singh (Oral)
1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
2. These matters relate to domain names being registered by unknown
third parties infringing trademark right of various brand owners and
implementation of court orders by the Domain Name Registrars
( ‘DNR’ ). From time to time, various directions have been passed by this Court
in respect of blocking and locking of the infringing domain names, and
implementation of court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be
located in India.
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3. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, ld. Sr. Counsel appearing for GoDaddy has made
further submissions on the legal position qua steps that could be taken on the
in respect of DNRs who do not comply with the orders passed by this Court.
Ld. Counsels for the Plaintiffs have also addressed the Court on the same.
4. Insofar as Delhi Police Cyber Cell is concerned, let a final status report
in respect of all these cases be filed by Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC. Written
submissions in respect of the challenges faced by the Delhi Police while
dealing with illegalities committed on the internet such as in the present cases
shall also be filed by Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC.
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6. List for further hearing of these cases on 27 September, 2023 at 2:30
pm.
CS(COMM) 176/2021
7. I.A. 14925/2022 is an application for exemption. Allowed, subject to
all just exceptions. Application is disposed of.
8. I.A. 14924/2022 is an application for condonation delay of two days in
filing compliance affidavit. For the reasons stated in the application, the delay
is condoned. The application is disposed of.
9. Ld. counsel appearing for Defendant No. 24 submits that he has been
served with the copy of the suit papers. He wishes to file written statement.
The same shall be done in terms of the timelines prescribed.
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10. List before the Joint Registrar for completion of pleadings on 4
September, 2023.
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11. List before the Court on 27 September, 2023.
CS(COMM) 20/2019 & CS(COMM) 193/2019
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12. List both these matters for hearing on 25 August, 2023
CS(COMM) 297/2019 & CS(COMM) 317/2019
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13. List both these matters for hearing on 28 August, 2023.
CS(COMM) 732/2019 & CS(COMM) 82/2020
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14. List both these matters for hearing on 1 September 2023.
CS(COMM) 251/2020 & CS(COMM) 255/2020
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15. List both these matters for hearing on 6 September, 2023.
CS(COMM) 373/2020, CS(COMM) 424/2020 & CS(COMM) 498/2020
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16. List both these matters for hearing on 13 September, 2023.
CS(COMM) 95/2021, CS(COMM) 154/2021 & CS(COMM) 158/2022,
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17. List both these matters for hearing on 18 September, 2023.
PRATHIBA M. SINGH
JUDGE
AUGUST 16, 2023
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