CROMPTON GREAVES CONSUMER ELECTRICALS LIMITED vs BALI RAM TRADING AS BALI KITCHENWARE INDUSTRIES AND ANR

* I N T H E H I G H CO U R T O F D E L H I A T N E W D E L H I Reserved on: April 28, 2025 % Pronounced on: May 28, 2025 C.O.(COMM.IPD-TM) 243/2021 CROMPTON GREAVES CONSUMER ELECTRICALS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Daswani, Ms. Pranjal, Ms. Saumya Bajpai and Mr. Kunal Prakash, Advs. Versus BALI RAM TRADING AS BALI KITCHENWARE INDUSTRIES AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner, by this rectification application under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 19991, seeks removal of the impugned mark ‘CROMPTON’ registered vide trademark application no. 516081 in Class 21, in the name of respondent no.1. 2. The application was originally filed before the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) and has since been transferred to this Court subsequent to the abolition of the Appellate Board in 2021. 1 Hereinafter referred as “TM Act.” C.O.(COMM.IPD-TM) 243/2021 3. The petitioner herein is a public listed company, duly incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 2013, and is involved in the manufacturing and/ or marketing of consumer electrical goods. The petitioner is the registered prop