THE INDIAN HOTELS COMPANY LIMITED vs ANKIT SETHI & ORS.

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$~22 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CS(COMM) 882/2023&I.A. 45489/2024 THE INDIAN HOTELS COMPANY LIMITED .....Plaintiff Through: Ms. Priya Adlakha with Ms. Sucharu Garg and Ms. Shilpi Sinha, Advs. (M): 9911167179 Email: [email protected] versus ANKIT SETHI & ORS. .....Defendants Through: Mr. Shivam Narang, Adv. for D-2 (Through VC) Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, SC with Ms Dharna Veragi, Mr. B.N. Mishra and Ms. Shilpa Chaursia, Advs. for D-3 (Through VC) M: 9990432878 Email: [email protected] Mr. NilenduVatsyayan, Adv. for D-4 (Through VC) Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Arvan Mittal and Mr. Debaish Mishra, Advs. for D-5 and 6. M: 8588916612 Email: [email protected] Mr. Manish Kr. Tiwari, Adv. for D-8 M: 9911795535 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA ORDER % 03.03.2025 MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL) I.A. 45489/2024 (Application for Summary Judgment under Order Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM) 882/2023 Page 1 of 22 By:AMAN UNIYAL Signing Date:02.04.2025 21:42:09 XIII-A Rules 3 & 6(1)(a) read with Section 151 of Code of CivilProcedure, 1908) 1. The instant application has been filed on behalf of the plaintiff under Order XIII-A, Rules 3 and 6(1)(a), read with Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”), seeking a summary judgment. 2. The plaintiff has filed the present suit for a decree of permanent injunction restraining infringement of its registered trademarks ‘GINGER’ (“GINGER trademarks”) in Class 43 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (“Trade Marks Act”) and the subsisting copyright in the original professional photographs of the plaintiff’s GINGER hotels, passing off, dilution, damages, rendition of accounts, delivery up, etc. 3. The present dispute pertains to the plaintiff’s grieva