RAJASTHAN AUSHDHALAYA PRIVATE LIMITED vs HIMALAYA GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD & ANR.

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$~26 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + RFA(OS)(COMM) 18/2025, CM APPL. 38556/2025, CM APPL. 38557/2025, CM APPL. 38558/2025 & CM APPL. 38559/2025 RAJASTHAN AUSHDHALAYA PRIVATE LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Mr. Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay and Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Advs. versus HIMALAYA GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Suhrita Majumdar, Mr. Vishal Nagpal and Mr. Luv Virmani, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 04.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. CM APPL. 38559/2025 (Exemption) 1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR RFA(OS)(COMM) 18/2025 Page 1 of 46 Signing Date:07.07.2025 14:42:30 RFA(OS)(COMM) 18/2025, CM APPL. 38556/2025, CM APPL. 38557/2025 & CM APPL. 38558/2025 3. CS (Comm) 433/20241 stands decreed by the learned Single Judge of this Court on 25 February 2025, in favour of the plaintiff Himalaya Global Holdings Ltd and Himalaya Wellness Company and against the defendants Rajasthan Aushdhalaya Pvt Ltd and Rajasthan Herbal International Pvt Ltd. Aggrieved thereby, the defendants have preferred the present appeal before us, under Section 13-A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. The Plaint 4. The Respondent-plaintiff is a leading global health brand, founded in 1930. One of their flagship brands, with which the present dispute is concerned, is ‘Liv.52’, a mark under which the respondents has been manufacturing and marketing tablets which act as a liver tonic. Apart from various ‘Himalaya’ device marks, the respondents are also the registered proprietor of the mark ‘Liv.52’, in Class 5 for “Medicinal Preparations for the treatment of disorders of