Delhi High Court - Orders
Jindal (India) Limited vs Jt Ndal Nextgen Pvt Ltd & Anr on 8 October, 2025
Author: Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora
Bench: Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ CS(COMM) 976/2025 & I.As. 22618/2025, 22620/2025, 23956/2025
JINDAL (INDIA) LIMITED .....Plaintiff
Through: Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr. Advocate with
Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Mr. Rishabh
Srivastava, Mr. Sahil Gupta and Mr.
Yashaswini Sharma, Advocates
versus
JT NDAL NEXTGEN PVT LTD & ANR. .....Defendants
Through: Mr. Adarsh Ramanujam, Mr.
Vikramjeet Singh, Ms. Pragya
Dhoundiyal and Ms. Divyanshi
Bansal, Advocates
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA
ORDER
% 08.10.2025 I.A. 22620/2025 (Under Order XI Rule 1(4) CPC)
1. This is an application under Order XI Rule 1(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ('CPC') [as amended by the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015 ('Commercial Courts Act')], filed by the plaintiff seeking leave to file additional documents.
2. Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the plaintiff states that the additional documents will be filed within one (1) week.
3. The liberty sought is granted.
4. The application stands disposed of.
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5. This is an application under order XXXIX Rule 1 and 2 of CPC, filed by the plaintiff seeking ad- interim injunction against the defendant.
6. The defendant has stated that it will use the following marks:
RANGAN/ and
.
7. Learned senior counsel for the plaintiff states that plaintiff is contesting the defendants' proposed use of its suggested mark RANGAN/ . He states that even with the change of the font, style and removal of the device, the plaintiff is opposing the use of the said mark as it is close to the plaintiff's mark RANGEEN/ .
8. He states that he would like to place on record additional documents to support its claim.
9. In the considered opinion of this Court, no ground is made out for an ad-interim injunction at this stage, pending the hearing of this application, This is a digitally signed order.
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10. It is clarified that the rights and contentions of the plaintiffs are kept open; further, the rights of the defendants to use the mark shall remain subject to the final decision of this application.
11. Let the reply to this application be filed within a period of two (2) weeks.
12. Rejoinder thereto, if any, be filed within a period of two (2) weeks thereafter.
13. Learned senior counsel for the plaintiff states that defendants should be directed to comply with their statement recorded at paragraph 15.3 of the order dated 12.09.2025.
14. In reply, learned counsel for the defendants' states that defendants have already initiated steps for compliance of the statement made before this Court, at paragraph 15.3 of the order dated 12.09.2025, which reads as under: -
"15.3 He states that defendants will also take all appropriate steps to have its trade name changed so as to delete the reference to the word NDAL; however, the defendants would require a reasonable period of three (3) months to make all statutory compliances including change of stationary as well as in the web domain names."
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15. The defendants are bound down to the aforesaid statement.
16. It is recorded that there is no objection to the defendant's use of the proposed device mark in this form.
17. List for hearing on 05.12.2025.
MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J OCTOBER 8, 2025/rhc This is a digitally signed order.
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