Cadbury Ltd. And 2 vs Itc Ltd. And 1 on 20 July, 2005
It is true that it is not possible to discern from the telecast certificates and the excise invoices that the label of the said product was gold and purple, in colour, but the cumulative effect of all the evidence read together along with the pleadings certainly points towards the adoption of the gold and purple label with effect from 1994. However, it is unfortunate that the Trial Court has not even cared to discuss the aforesaid evidence which is relevant and has material bearing on the controversy. The Trial Court has brushed aside the evidence on the specious ground that the there is no clear pleading regarding actual use of the impugned label. The evidence in the form of excise invoices has been discarded by placing reliance upon the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Uniply Industries v. Unicorn Plywood Limited (supra), wherein the declaration made before the excise authorities had been found to be dubious by the High Court.