PIONEER CORPORATION vs MR. GAURAV KUMAR & ORS.

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$~20 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 4th March, 2025 + CS(COMM) 571/2019, I.A. 14180/2019, I.A. 2290/2024 & I.A. 41103/2024 PIONEER CORPORATION .....Plaintiff Through: Ms. Ekta Sarin and Mr. Aman Venugopal, Advocates. versus MR. GAURAV KUMAR & ORS. .....Defendants Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present suit has been filed seeking relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendants from infringement of trademarks and passing off of their goods as those of the plaintiff along with other ancillary reliefs. PROCEEDINGS IN THE SUIT 2. Summons in the suit and notice in the application for interim injunction were issued to the defendants no.1 to 6 on 14th October, 2019. On the same date, an ex-parte injunction in favour of the plaintiff and against the defendants no.1 to 6 was granted and six Local Commissioners were appointed by this Court. The commission was executed on 23rd October, 2019. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM) 571/2019 Page 1 of 10 By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:11.03.2025 14:37:04 3. The defendants no.7 to 14 were arrayed as parties in the suit by way of an amended memo of parties dated 23rd January, 2020 on 11th February, 2020 and summons were issued to them on the same date. Counsel for the defendant no.8 entered appearance on the same date, who waived issuance of formal summons. 4. All the remaining defendants were served on various dates recorded in the order of Joint Registrar dated 26th May, 2022. 5. The defendants no.1 to 6 and 8 to 10 entered appearance in the suit either in-person or through counsel. However, none of the defendants filed their written statement. Accordingly, the right to file written statement was closed for the defendants no.1 to 4 an