Delhi High Court
Dabur India Limited vs Ashok Kumar And Ors on 27 September, 2023
Author: Prathiba M. Singh
Bench: Prathiba M. Singh
$~27 to 54, 15,18, 19 & 25
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Date of Decision: 27th September, 2023
(54)
+ CS (COMM) 135/2022 & I.As. 3423/2022, 9363/2022, 12156/2022,
16505/2022, 1221/2023, 1222/2023
DABUR INDIA LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, and Mr. Kripa
Pandit, Advocates. (M:9810013453)
versus
ASHOK KUMAR AND ORS ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Yashvardhan Singh, Advocate for
D-1. (M:9667056770)
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,
CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra,
Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander
Mathai Paikaday, Advocates (M:
9810788606).
Ms. Kruttika Vijay, Ms. Geetanjali
Viswanathan, & Ms. Aishwarya Kane,
Advs. for D-5 (M-9910083144)
Mr. Dayan Krishnan Senior Advocate
with Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Mr. Parva
Khare, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal
Advocates for D-4. (M: 9987115749)
Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms.
Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-7.
(M:8800556341)
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate
with Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva
Khare Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain,
Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates.
Mr. Apoorv Kurup & Ms. Kirti
Dadheech , Advocates for R-3. (M:
8929015368)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 1 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Mr. Mr. Shubhendu Anand, Mr.
Piyush M. Dwivedi, Advocates. (M:
7827709253)
Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar
Advocates.
Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate. (M:
8800009001)
Ms. Lakahmi Kruttika Vijay & Ms.
Aishwarya Kane, Advocates for D-5.
(M: 9643233842)
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.
ACP Raman Lamba with Insp. Suneel
Siddhu, IFSO, Special Cell.
(27) WITH
CS (COMM) 20/2019 & I.As.561/2019
TATA SKY LIMITED .....
Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Advocate. (M:
9999255931)
versus
S G ENTERPREISES - TATA SKY SALES AND SERVICES AND
ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta Sahu,
Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms. Parva
Khare, Advs. for D-5. (M:9987115749)
Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-8.
(M:9990526912)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates.
(28) WITH
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 2 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
+ CS(COMM) 193/2019 & I.As. 5399/2019, 11497/2019, 18216/2019,
15451/2021, 6069/2022
COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan &
Mr. Rohil Bansal, Advs.(M-
9079965359)
versus
NIXI & ANR. ..... Defendants
Through: Ms. Akshita Jain, Advocate for D-1
(M-9990526912).
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate
with Ms. Swati Agarwal, Ms. Binsy
Susan, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms.
Akshi Rastogi, Ms. Vaani Kaushik &
Mr. Vaarish Sawlani, Advs for D-3-4.
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with
Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan
Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma,
Advocates for UOI (M-9999999045)
with Mr. Tanmay Nirmal, Manager
legal.
Mr. Tentu Satyanarayan, Director
(Legal), UIDAI & Mr. Tanmaya
Nirmal, Deputy Manager (Legal &
Policy), UIDAI (M-9899113033).
Mr. Kushagra Goel & Mr. Abhimanyu
Yadav, Advocates for D-7 (M-
9711443294).
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
SI Prince Kumar, PS Hauz Khas.
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.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 3 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Mr. Sunil Gautam, SO, UIDAI
(29) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 297/2019
MOTHER DAIRY FRUIT & VEGETABLE PVT. LTD...... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.
Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank,
Advocates.
versus
KUMAR PRAHLAD & ANR. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Yash Vardhan Singh, Advocate
for D-1.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
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.
(30) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 298/2019 & I.As.8189/2019, 13215/2019, 13631/2019,
15695-96/2019, 14210/2021, 16707/2021
ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITED & ANR. ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr Kushal Gupta & Mr. Mohd Umar
Advocates.
versus
WWW.ULTRATECHCEMENTS.COM & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Advocate
with Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Shashank
Mishra, Ms. Ritika Bansal & Ms.
Swati Agarwal, Advocates for D-5 to
7. (M:9650001297)
Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra & Mr.
Gagan Gupta, Advocates for D-9.
(M:9990937838)
Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC for UOI.
(M-999910115)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 4 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
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.
(31) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 732/2019 & I.As. 3865/2020, 9234/2020
MONTBLANC SIMPLO GMBH ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand & Mr. Devesh
Ratan, Advs. (M:9810333571)
versus
MONTBLANCINDIA.COM & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Yajur Bhalla, Mr. Deepak Samota
and Mr. Sumer Ahuja, Advocates for
D-1, 2, 4 to 10 & 20. (M:9711009378)
Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25
(M: 9971644936).
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare
& Ms. Shweta Sahu Advs for D-18.
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.
(32) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 82/2020 & I.A. 2402/2020
JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL INC. ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.
Shobhit Agarwal and Mr. Deepank,
Advs. (M:8800520258)
versus
WWW.JOCKEYFRANCHISE.COM & ORS. ..... Defendants
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 5 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Through: Mr. Vivek Jain and Ms. Aastha Tiwari,
Advs. for D-4. (M:9871863446)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
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.
(33) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 255/2020 & I.As. 5590-91/2020, 11099/2020,
6402/2022
INDIAMART INTERMESH LIMITED .... Plaintiff
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
MR. AKASH VERMA & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Uday Singh
Chopra, Mr. Saransh Saini and Mr.
Ujjawal Bhargava for D-2. (M:
9399304251).
Mr. Rishi Kapoor & Ms. Yashika
Kapoor, Advocates for D-3. (M:
7011263450))
Ms. Meenakshi Dutta, Mr. Anupam
Kumar Mishra & Mr. Gautam
Harshwal, Advocates for D-4 & 7. (M:
9521151974)
Mr Ankit Rastogi and Mr Saransh
Saini, Advocates.
Mr. Saransh, Advocate for Ms.
Nandita Rao, ASC (Crml.),GNCTD.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 6 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
(M: 9717417996)
Mr. Anupam Kumar Mishra and Ms.
Keya Rawat, Advocates.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
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.
(34) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 324/2020 & I.As. 6950/2020, 12588/2020, 12611/2020,
11510/2021, 8854/2023, 12001/2023, 15626/2023
MCDONALDS CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Vikrant Rana, Ms. Tanvi
Bhatnagar, Ms. Rima Majumdar, Ms.
Shilpi Sinha and Aaditya Vats,
Advocates.
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,
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 7 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Mr Tushar Bagga, Advocates.
Mr Yashu Rustagi, Advocate for BOB.
Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr.
Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta
Sahu Advocate , Mr. Parva Khare
Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal
Advocate.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha
Patnaik, Advocates for D-25.
Mr. Rajat Katyal & Mr. Harsh Sinha,
Adv. for Yes Bank.
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.
(35) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 373/2020 & I.A. 7995-96/2020, 7999/2020, 9171/2020,
84/2021, 430/2021 & 1371/2021
ITC LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal,
Mr Shivang Sharma, Advocates.
versus
ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Ms. Ritu Mishra, Advocate for D-6.
Mr. Hrithik Goyal and Ms. Lovleen
Goyal, Advocates for D-12.
(M:8826767020)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-14.
Ms. Asmita Kumar, Advocate for D-
31. (M:9899967516)
Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 8 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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.
(36) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 424/2020 & I.A. 20246 /2022
SHOPPERS STOP LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Sagar Chandra, Ms. Shubhie
Wahi, Ms. Ankita Seth and Ms. Sanya
Kapoor, Advocates.
(M:9810907412)
versus
M/S SHOPPERSTOP & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. P.S. Sudheer and Ms. Anne
Mathew, Advs. for D-5.
(M:9891760039)
Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr.
Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta
Sahu Advocate , Mr. Parva Khare
Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal
Advocate.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
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.
(37) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 498/2020 & I.A. 10520-21/2020
MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay,
Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal,
Advocates.
versus
PCPATCHERS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 9 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
& ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Sumit Nagpal, Ms. Nancy and Ms.
Aashta Sood, Advocates for D-1, 2 &
3. (M:9911995000)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
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.
(38) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 95/2021 & I.A. 21025/2022, 6516/2023
THE HIMALAYA DRUG COMPANY & ORS. ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Ms. Prachi Agarwal and Ms. Ms.
Ridhie Bajaj, Advocates.
(M:8800972785)
versus
ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta
Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare, Ms.
Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh
Ujjainwal. Ms. Anvita Goel, Mr.
Prince Kumar, Advocates for Go
Daddy (M: 9987115749).
Mr. Moazzam Khan Advocate, Mr.
Alipak Banerjee Advocate Ms. Shweta
Sahu Advocate , Mr. Parva Khare
Advocate, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal
Advocate.
Mr. Tushar Singh & Ms. Trisha
Patnaik, Advocates for D-25.
Mr. Surinder Singh, Advocate for D-
29 (M-9311325398)
Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya
Kane, Advocates for D-17. (M:
9910083144)
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 10 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
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.
(39) 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 Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva
Khare, Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr.
Brijesh Ujjainwal Advocates,
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.
(40) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 176/2021
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:
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 11 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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,
Advocates for D-1 & 10.
Ms. Kruttika Vijay and Ms. Aishwarya
Kane, Advocates for D-9.
(M:9910083144)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain & Ms. Shalini
Jha, for D-34. (M:9871278525)
Mr. Shatrajit Banerji, Advocate for D-
24. (M: 8527862988)
Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, Adv. for D-
34. (M: 9871278525)
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) 276/2021 & I.A. 7329/2021
MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan, Mr.
Shantanu Sahay, Ms. Imon Roy and
Mr. Apoorv Bansal, Advocates.
versus
TECH HERACLES OPC PRIVATE LIMITED
& ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD
with Mr. Arjun Basra, Advocate Jai
Prakash, ACP, IFSO Cyber Cell along
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 12 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
with Inspector Sanjeev Solanki,
Inspector Kusum , Inspector Suneel
Siddhu and SI Manzoor Alam.
Mr Rajiv Kumar Malik , Mrs. Megha,
Mr Deepanshu Nainwal, Advocates
for D-1 to 3.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with
Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Mr. Abhigyan
Siddhant and Mr. Rahul Sharma,
Advocates for UOI
(42) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 293/2021 & I.As.7543-44/2021, 10308/2021,
15052/2021
TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Mr. Saif Khan Mr.
Achuthan Sreekumar & Mr. Rohil
Bansal Advocates. (M:9079965359)
versus
M/S ELECTRO INTERNATIONAL & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.
Samir Chugh, Advocates for Airtel
(M-9810455716)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-8.
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.
(43) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 399/2021 & I.A. 10855/2021
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Nitin
Sharma, Mr. Yatin Garg, Mr. Ranjeet
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 13 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Singh, Mr. Vivek Ayyagari, Mr.
Angad Makkar, Mr. M. J. Sudarshan,
Ms. Ramya Aggarwal and Mr. Sohrab
Mann, Advocates.
versus
NITIN KUMAR SINGH & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Ankur Prakash, Ms. Simran Gill,
Mr. Yudhishthir Bhardwaj, Mr.
Dhananjay, Mr. Amod Bidhuri & Mr.
Saquib Siddiqui, Advocates for D-1
Mr. Akshit Chaudhary, Advocate for
D-5.
Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC
with Mr. Kamaldeep, Advocate for
UOI/D-18 & 19.
Mr. K.K. Singh, Advocate for D-27.
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.
(44) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 524/2021 & I.A. 13715/2021, 4506/2022
KAMDHENU LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Nikhil Sonker, Advocate.
(M:7726021194)
versus
RAGHUNATH VIRDHARAM BISHNOI AND ORS. .... Defendants
Through: Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Abhishek
Kumar Singh, Advocates.
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,
CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra,
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 14 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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.
Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-8.
(M:9987115749)
Mr. K.G. Gopalakrishnan and Ms.
Nisha Mohandas, Advocates for D-9.
(M:8800556341)
Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy
and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for
D-10 (M-99101983636)
Mr. Alipak Banjerjee, Ms. Pava Khare
& Ms. Shweta Sahu Advs for D-8.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Bansal and Mr.
Nikhil Sonker, 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.
(45) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 26/2022 & I.As. 612-13/2022, 954/2022
HT MEDIA LTD ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Nitin
Sharma, Mr. Yatin Garg, Mr. Ranjeet
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 15 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Singh, Mr. Vivek Ayyagari, Mr.
Angad Makkar, Mr. M. J. Sudarshan,
Ms. Ramya Aggarwal and Mr. Sohrab
Mann, Advocates. (M:8017571175)
versus
POOJA SHARMA & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Firoz Iqbal Khan, Advocate for
D-4
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-10.
Mr. Alipak Banerjee, Ms. Shweta
Sahu, Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, and
Advs. for D-19. (M:9987115749)
Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy
and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for
D-20. (M:9911983636).
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. Vihan Dang,
and Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advocates
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.
Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.
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.
(46) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 35/2022 & I.As. 819/2022, 3168/2022, 4738/2022,
8767/2022
KAJARIA CERAMICS LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Ms. Tanvi Bhatnagar, Ms. Rima
Majumdar and Ms. Shilpi Sinha,
Advocates. (M:9818202368)
versus
GODADDY.COM LLC & ORS. ..... Defendant
Through: Mr. Moazzam Khan, Ms. Shweta
Sahu, Mr. Alipak Banerjee and Ms.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 16 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Adv. for d-4
Ms. Kirti Bhardwaj, Adv. for D-5(b).
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.
Samir, Advocate (M-9810455716)
Mr. Santosh Kr. Rout, Mr. Pawan
Kumar & Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty,
Advocates for D-6.
(47) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 158/2022 & I.As. 3996-97/2022, 3096/2023
MICROSOFT CORPORATION & ANR. ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Saif Khan, Mr. Shantanu Sahay,
Ms. Imon Roy and Mr. Apoorv Bansal,
Advocates.
versus
VACATION RENTAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
& ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Mayank Mehandra, Mr. Charu
Tandon & Mr. Sarthak Kapoor & Mr.
Raghav Tandon, Advocate for D-1 &
2.
Mr. Ramnish Khanna, Adv. for D-7.
SI Manzoor Alam, Cyber Police
Station, South-East.
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 17 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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.
(48) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 233/2022 & I.As. 5780-81/2022
BAJAJ FINACE LTD & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
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
NIKO DAS & ANR. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Vihan Dang, Ms. Aditi Umapathy
and Mr. Parva Khare, Advocates for
D-3.
Mr. Lakshy Aggarwal, Advocate for
D-7.
Mr. Neel Mason, Mr. V. Dang & Ms.
Aditi, Advocates for D-3.
(M:9971586598)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.
Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.
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.
(49) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 275/2022 & I.As. 6535-36/2022
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD & ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Sidharth Chopra, Mr. Nitin
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 18 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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
UNILEVERR1.IN & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-9.
Mr. S. Surender, Advocate for D-21.
Ms. Asiya Khan, Advocate for D-25
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.
Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.
Mr Chandrashekhar Chakalabbi, Ms
Aishwarya Hiremath and Varnik
Kundaliya, Advocates for D-20 (M:
9481929037)
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.
(50) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 364/2022 & I.As. 8518-20/2022, 12855/2022
AMAZON SELLER SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
& ANR. ..... Plaintiffs
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
AMAZONBUYS.IN & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. G. Mirza, Mr. Vishesh Sharma,
Advocates for D-4. (M:7434045442)
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 19 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Mr. Sohit Choudhary, Advocate for D-
5.
Mr. Prashant Prakash, Advocate for D-
7.
Ms Yukti Gupta, Advocate for HDFC
Bank
Ms. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta
& Mr. Aayush Kevlani, Advocates for
D-8 (M-9167094381)
Ms. Deepika Kathuria, Adv. for D-10.
Mr. Vineet Dhanda, CGSC with Mr.
Abhishek Singh, Advocate for UOI/D-
18 & 19.
Mr. Harshal Arora, Advocate for D-5.
(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
Mr. M.K. Singh, Advocate for Mr.
Samir Chugh, Advocate for Airtel.
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.
(51) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 475/2022 & I.As. 10851-52/2022, 12173-74/2022
FASHNEAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
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
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 20 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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
& 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.
(52) 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)
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 21 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
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, Advocates
Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare,
Ms. Aishwarya Jain, Mr. Brijesh
Ujjainwal Advocate for D-26.
(M:9987115749)
Mr. Praveen Kumar Jain, Adv. for D-
37.
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)
Mr. Ramesh Babu, Ms. Manisha
Singh, Ms. Jagriti Bharti, and Ms.
Tanya Chowdhary, Advocate for D-38
(M: 9971671294).
Ms. Ekta Choudhary, Ms. Anisha, Mr.
Divyank Dutt Dwivedi, Advocates.
Mr. Vihan Dang and Mr. Parva Khare
& Ms. Aditi Umapathy, Advs for D-
52.
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.
(53) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 228/2021 & I.As. 6441/2021, 11684/2021, 1412-
13/2022, 12160/2022, 12171/2022, 13443/2022, 14920/2022,
14923/2022, 17716-17/2022, 3237/2023
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 22 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. Jamal
Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Insha
Mushtaq Ms. Alisha Sharma & Mr.
Ujjwal.
versus
REGISTRANT OF WWW.BAJAJ-FINSERVE.ORG
& ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,
CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra,
Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander
Mathai Paikaday, Advocates (M:
9810788606).
Mr. Darpan Wadhwa Sr. Advocate
with Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva
Khare Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain,
Mr. Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for
D- 6,7,11,12,14,17 and 22.
Mr. Manish Paliwal, and Ms.
Himanshi Kaushik, Advocates for D-
18. (M:8448257585)
Mr. Aditya Gupta, Ms. Aishwarya,
Mr. Sauhard Alung and Ms. Asvari
Jain, Advocates for D-19.
(M:9910083144)
Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Advocate
with Mr. Tine Abraham, Mr. Manasa
Sundaraman C., Ms. Kshipra Pyare
and Ms. Mansi Sood Trileyal,
Advocates for D-28. (M:9324328752)
Mr. Akshay Goel, Mr. Shivam Narang
& Mr. Lalit Kashyap, Advocates
Mr. Ashok Kumar & Ms. Chhavi
Arora, Advocates for D-31.
(M:9810011826).
Ms. Swati Aggarwal, Ms. Binsy
Susan, Mr. Aasish Samasi and Mr.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 23 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Mohit Singh, Advs. for GoDaddy.
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.
(15) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 700/2019 & I.As. 17945/2019, 1876/2020
XIAOMI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
& ANR. ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Krisna Gambhir, Adv. (M:
9899320646)
Versus
WWW.XIAOMI-INDIA.XYZ & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Ms. Shikha Sarin & Mr. Paras
Malhotra, Advs. (M: 9910485840)
Mr. Abhishek Parashar, In person. (M:
9319317578)
Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC. (M:
9717906181)
Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare
Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain & Mr.
Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-
29. (M: 9987115749)
(18) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 303/2022
BURGER KING CORPORATION ..... Plaintiff
Through: Ms. Meenakshi Ogra, Mr. Tarun
Khurana, Mr. Rishi Vohra & Ms
Chhavi Panday, Advs. (M:
7291005464)
Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard
Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404)
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 24 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Versus
SWAPNIL PATIL & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,
CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra,
Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander
Mathai Paikaday, Advocates.
Mr Amit Mahaliyan, Advocate for
Bank of Maharashtra. (M:
9899491980)
Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare
Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain & Mr.
Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-
16.
(19) WITH
+ CS (COMM) 490/2022 & I.As. 11214/2022, 17482/2022, 575/2023,
9796-98/2023, 11324/2023
INFINITI RETAIL LIMITED ..... Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Raunaq Kamath and Mr. Sauhard
Alung, Advocates. (M: 9425341404)
Versus
M/S CROMA WHOLESELLER & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Anuj Srivastava, Advocate. (M:
9999690774)
Mr. Piyush Singhal, Mr. Paras
Khurana & Ms. Himanshi Jain, Advs.
for D-15. (M: 8810488484)
Ms. Richa Kapoor, Ms. Tusharika
Sharma & Mr. Sandesh Kumar,
Advs. for D-19. (M:8791519300)
Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC.
Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Parva Khare
Advocate, Ms. Aishwarya Jain & Mr.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 25 of 33
By:RAHUL
Signing Date:04.10.2023
14:30:49
Brijesh Ujjainwal, Advocates for D-4.
(25) AND
+ CS (COMM) 610/2023 & I.A. 16723/2023
CRESSET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC & ANR. .....
Plaintiffs
Through: Mr. Anuj Berry, Mr. Sourabh Rath,
Mr. Vibhore Yadav & M. Gauri
Pasricha, Advs. (M: 9811153629)
versus
REGISTRANT OF WWW.CRESSETCAPITAL.IN ,
WWW.CRESSETINDIALIVE.LIVE & ORS. ..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi
Dutta, Mr. Anand Raja Adv, Ms.
Tanta Chaudhry. Mr. Shivam Tiwari
& Mr. Samyak Bilala Advs. for D-6.
(M: 9990952258)
Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,
CGSC with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra,
Mr. Sagar Mehlawat Alexander
Mathai Paikaday, Advocates.
CORAM:
JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH
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 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 26 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49 implementation of court orders by various DNRs which may or may not be located in India.
3. Today, submissions have been made in part by Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, ld. Senior Counsels and Mr. Harish V. Shankar, ld. CGSC.
4. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ld. ASC has placed on record a consolidated status report dated 26th September, 2023 in respect of 29 cases. It is her submission that out of 29 matters, chargesheets have been filed in 10 matters.
5. Ms. Sethi, ld. ASC has also placed on record a written note of arguments in respect of the challenges faced by the Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police in investigation. The said challenges are as under:
i. Delay by Banks in replying to emails and information sought by the Cyber Cell.
ii. Domain Name Registrars (DNRs) and intermediaries who are hosting the website not providing proper details of the Registrants in respect of cloud services and other services availed by them.
iii. Use of VOIP,VPN, etc. by fraudsters to avoid detection. iv. Non-providing of information by Google even though fake websites have booked AdWords through Google Ads programme.
6. The relevant proportion of the said written note of arguments is set out below:
Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 27 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49"3. In pursuance of the Orders/Directions passed by this Hon'ble Court, investigations have been carried out and Status Reports have been filed from time to time. Cyber Cell of Delhi Police in one of its Status Report pointed out the challenges faced by Cyber Cell while investigating cases and the same has been recorded by this Hon'ble Court, in para 14 of its order dated 03.08.2022. Followings are some of the challenges faced by Cyber Cell while investigating cases with Banks, Financial Institutions, DNRS, Telecom Service Providers and various other agencies:
(i) Delay by Banks in reply to e-mails sent by IFSO. When a query or details of Account number, KYC documents, Account opening forms, IP Address of net banking are asked by Investigating Agencies, timely reply is rarely received. Some of the Banks namely SBI Bank, City Bank, PNB take considerable time in providing the details and if the transactional details like IMPS/NEFT/RTGS are asked for, it takes more time.
(ii) Upon investigation by IFSO, it is found that Bank Accounts are being opened by Bank Officials without proper verifications of addresses of the account holder. In online bank accounts, without physical verification, Banks allow the account holder to withdraw the amount for a limit of Rs.1-2 Lakhs.
(iii) Original IP, associated mobile number, recovery mail etc vide which the domain was created/came in existence. Latitude and Longitude captured by the system of the intermediary while creating the domain/sub- domain.
(iii) Various payment methods, channels, UPI IDs and multiple bank accounts are used Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 28 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49 to collect money. It takes considerable time to follow up with each of the Banks to provide information.
(iv) Another big challenge IFSO faces is to trace the identity of Cyber Criminals/fraudster who are domain name registrants hiding under the garb of the privacy features enabled by Domain Name Registrants.
(v) The intermediary hails from abroad does not furnish the below mentioned details:
(i) Details of the Registrants who have allocated the domain/sub domain to the fraudster. Mode of payment of getting domain.
(ii) Details of the Intermediary providing cloud services/web hosting etc. Mode of payment for availing said services.
(iii) Original IP, associated mobile number, recovery mail etc vide which the domain was created/came in existence. Latitude and Longitude captured by the system of the intermediary while creating the domain/sub- domain.
(iv) IP logs of the said domain/web site. on the ground of its private policy etc. and warrants Letter Rogatory /MLAT (Mutual legal Assistance Treaty) etc. which is a cumbersome process.
(vi) Intermediaries are having servers based in foreign countries and arbitrarily deny the required information.
(vii) VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) applications are not on radar of agencies.
(viii) Fraudsters use virtual number (VPN), TOR etc. so that LEA is not able to track them.
(ix) Changing telecommunication modes Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 29 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49 shifts from GSM to application based communication which is a major challenge for Law Enforcement Agencies, as these medium provide high anonymity to the users.
(x) Easy methods of digital impersonation such as cell ID spoofing, email spoofing available online.
(xi) Use of fake and bogus IDs for obtaining SIM cards and bank accounts. Users.
7. Similarly, Complaint was received by the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi regarding fake websites to dupe the common public by accepting the passport applications of Indian Citizens and defrauding them by charging heavy processing fees in the name of Passport SevaProgramme. Upon investigation it was found that payments were made to Google Ads for listing these websites on the top in the search Engine enquiry at Google.com.
Request was made to Google to provide the Customers details, contact nos, emails, Payments, transaction history etc as the said information is required as per the provisions of Section 91 Cr PC but an automatic reply is always received by Google stating therein "All requests for the disclosure of data must be accompanied by appropriate legal process....all communications be sent from an official government-issued email address" One such request letter by Cyber Cell and reply by Google is annexed as Annexure-1."
7. In view of the above stand of the Cyber Cell, it is deemed appropriate to issue notices to nominated counsels of all the banks who are nominated by the Delhi High Court, so as to evolve a method for ensuring that queries by the police authorities are replied to in a diligent and efficient manner, as it involves innocent customers being duped of substantial sums of money. The names of the nominated counsel to whom notice is directed to be issued Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 30 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49 by the Registry, without process fee, is annexed as Annexure A-1.
8. Insofar as Google is concerned, Google LLC is directed to nominate one official who would communicate with the Cyber Cell, Delhi Police and provide them the information that they would need in respect of the fraudulent websites and render any other cooperation that may be needed to investigate the cases.
9. Insofar as CS(COMM)-303/2022 is concerned, Ms. Sethi, ld. Counsel submits that the request has been sent for information from Mumbai Police as on 19th September, 2023. Let the status report be placed on record.
10. List on 24th November, 2023.
PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 dj/sk (corrected & release on 3rd October, 2023) Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 31 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49 Annexure A-1 S. Standing Counsel Bank Mobile No. No.
1. Mr. Ramesh Babu RBI 9873922734
2. Mr. Rajeev Kapur SBI 9716076533
3. Mr. Santosh Kumar PNB 9990432878 Rout
4. Mr. Manish Kumar Canara Bank 9971105049
5. Mr. Sarfaraz UCO Bank 9899140169
6. Mr. R. P. Vats Andra Bank
7. Mr. Jagat Arora, Bank of India 9810176964
8. Mr Sanjeev Singh IDFC First 011471721592
9. Ms. Chetan ICICI Bank 9810080772 Bhalla
10. Mr. Brijesh Kumar Indian Bank 9811829656 Tamber
11. Mr. Sanjay Gupta Kotak 9811152920 Mahindra Bank
12. Mr. Arun Arora Bank of 9811087995 Baroda
13. Mr. V. K. Gupta Bank of 9582206578 Maharashtra
14. Mr. Sanjay Gupta Barclays Bank 9811152920 PLC
15. Ms. Ekta Central Bank 9910376565 Choudhary of India
16. Mr. Samrendra Corporation 9999114922 Kumar Bank
17. Mr. Sanjay Gupta CTBC Bank 9811152920 Co. Ltd.
18. Mr. Sanjay Gupta HDFC Bank 9811152920
19. Mr. Krishan Indian 9910577700 Kumar Overseas Bank
20. Mr. Sidhartha IDBI 9899040660 Barua
21. Mr. Manish Indusind Bank 9971944566 Sharma Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 32 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49
22. Mr. Rajat Arora Punjab & Sind 9810176964 Bank
23. Mr. Sanjay Gupta Standard 9811152920 Chartered Bank
24. Mr. Sanjeev Sagar Union Bank of 9811016162 India ************************************************************ Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS (COMM) 135/2022 & connected matters Page 33 of 33 By:RAHUL Signing Date:04.10.2023 14:30:49