HAMDARD LABORATORIES INDIA (MEDICINE DIVISION) vs UNANI DRUGS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (UDMA) & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 04 March 2025 Judgment pronounced on: 02 April 2025 + FAO 328/2024 & CM APPL. 59993/2024 HAMDARD LABORATORIES INDIA (MEDICINE DIVISION) .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sindhwani, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Shalini Kapoor, Ms. Divyanshi Saxena & Mr. Udit Bhatiani, Advs. versus UNANI DRUGS MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION (UDMA) .....Respondent Through: Mr. N.K. Jha, Adv. + FAO 347/2024 HAMDARD LABORATORIES INDIA (MEDICINE DIVISION) .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sindhwani, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Shalini Kapoor, Ms. Divyanshi Saxena & Mr. Udit Bhatiani, Advs. versus UNANI DRUGS MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION (UDMA) .....Respondent Through: Mr. N.K. Jha, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGMENT DHARMESH SHARMA, J. 1. This common judgment shall decide the two above-captioned First Appeals preferred under Order XLIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil FAO 328 & 347/2024 Page 1 of 23 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD KUMAR VATS Signing Date:03.04.2025 17:39:27 Procedure, 1908, [‘CPC’] by the appellant/plaintiff, assailing the common impugned order dated 29.08.2024 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [‘trial Court’] in CS No. 449/2022 titled “Hamdard Laboratories India (Medicine Division) versus Unani Drugs Manufacturer Association (UDMA)”, whereby the applications filed by the appellant/plaintiff under Order XXXIX Rule 1&2 of CPC and Order XXXIX Rule 2A of CPC respectively were dismissed by the learned trial Court. FACTUAL MATRIX: 2. Briefly stated, the appellant herein has descended from HAMDARD Group established in the year 1906, and is using the trademark HAMDARD in relation to its wide range of products inter alia Unani and Ayurvedic medicines,