ROYAL CHALLENGERS SPORTS PRIVATE LIMITED vs UBER INDIA SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ORS

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* 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 17, 2025 % Pronounced on: May 05, 2025 + CS(COMM) 345/2025 ROYAL CHALLENGERS SPORTS PRIVATE LIMITED .....Plaintiff Through: Ms. Shwetashree Majumder, Ms. Priya Adlaka, Ms. Sucharu Garg and Ms. Shilpi Sinha, Advs. Versus UBER INDIA SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ORS .....Defendants Through: Mr. Sai Krishna Rajagopal, Ms. Julien George, Ms. Anu Paarcha, Mr. Avijit Kumar and Ms. N. Parvati, Advs. for D-1 & 2. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT I.A. 9726/2025-(u/O XXXIX R-1&2 CPC for Stay) 1. Vide the present application under Order XXXIX rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 19081, the plaintiff seeks grant of temporary injunction restraining the defendants and/ or their representatives from broadcasting the ‘advertisement uploaded by the 1 Hereinafter ‘CPC’ CS(COMM) 345/2025 Page 1 of 35 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:05.05.2025 17:46:07 defendant nos.1 and 2 on their social media platforms’2 and/ or engaging in any other acts infringing/ disparaging/ tarnishing the trademark ‘Royal Challengers Bengaluru’3 of the plaintiff, as well as directions to take down the same already uploaded from the said social media platforms, during the pendency of the captioned suit. 2. Since Mr. Sai Krishna Rajagopal, learned counsel for the defendant nos.1 and 2 has appeared on advance service, as also since the defendant no.3 has no role to play at this stage of temporary injunction, considering that the reliefs sought, if granted, are only pertaining to the said defendant nos.1 and 2 and their social media platforms, as recorded in the order dated 17.04.2025, issuance of notice has been dispensed with. 3. As recorded in the ord