HAVELI RESTAURANT AND RESORTS LIMITED vs REGISTRAR OF TRADEMARKS & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 24/11/2025 + C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 57/2024 + C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 58/2024 HAVELI RESTAURANT AND RESORTS LIMITED. .....Appellant versus REGISTRAR OF TRADEMARKS & ANR. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in these cases For the Appellant : Mr. Shravan Kumar Bansal and Mr. Akash Chaudhary, Advocates. For the Respondents : Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Senior Advocate with Mr. Anshuman Upadhyay, Mr. Naseem, Mr. R. Abhishek, Mr. Garvit Sharma, Mr. Rahul Singh and Ms. Shubhangi Shashwat, Advocates for R-2. Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, SPC with Mr. Daksh Pandit, Ms. Kamna Behrani, Mr. Ansh Kalra and Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Advocates for R-1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT TEJAS KARIA, J 1. These Appeals are filed under Section 91 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (“Act”) read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Signature Not Verified C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 57/2024 & 58/2024 Page 1 of 41 Signed By:SWATI MAYEE SAHU Signing Date:24.11.2025 20:46:02 (“CPC”) read with Rule 6 and Rule 11 of the Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022 against the orders dated 21.02.2024 passed by Respondent No. 1 (“Impugned Orders”) dismissing the opposition by the Appellant and allowing the applications for registration of the Marks ‘AMRITSAR HAVELI’ in Class 43 vide application No. 4263978 filed on 13.08.2019 by Respondent No. 2 in C.A.(COMM.IPD- TM) 57/2024 and ‘THE AMRITSAR HAVELI’ in Class 43 vide application No. 3913481 filed on 10.08.2018 by Respondent No. 2 in C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 58/2024 (“Impugned Marks”). 2. The Appellant has filed the present Appeals being aggrieved by the Impugned Orders on the ground that the rejection of the Appellant’s opposition under the Act has resulted in the Appellant’s r