BIMA SUGAM INDIA FEDERATION vs A RANGE GOWDA & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16th October, 2025 + CS(COMM) 577/2025 & I.A. 20489/2025, I.A. 20564/2025 BIMA SUGAM INDIA FEDERATION .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Swati Sharma, Mr. Rohin Kolwal, Ms. Ridhie Bajaj, Mr. Sugandh Shahi and Mr. Pundreek Dwivedi, Advocates versus A RANGE GOWDA & ORS. .....Defendants Through: Mr. Ashish Mohan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Paritosh Dhawan, Advocate for D-1 Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Arjun Mookerjee and Mr. Yogesh Singh, Advocates for D-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA % JUDGMENT MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J: I.A. 14214/2025 (Under Order XXXIX Rule 1 and 2 CPC) 1. The present suit has been filed by the Plaintiff seeking permanent injunction restraining Defendant No. 1 from passing off the Plaintiff’s ‘BIMA SUGAM’ mark. 2. This is an application under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code Signature Not Verified Signed CS(COMM) 577/2025 Page 1 of 37 By:MOHIT of Civil Procedure, 1908 [‘CPC’] filed by the Plaintiff seeking temporary injunction restraining Defendant No. 1 from using the mark ‘BIMA SUGAM’/ or any other trademark which is deceptively similar to the Plaintiff’s ‘BIMA SUGAM’ mark in any manner. Additionally, the Plaintiff is seeking a direction to Defendant No. 1 to transfer the ownership of domain names www.bimasugam.com and www.bimasugam.in including the website hosted thereto in favour of the Plaintiff. 3. This Court vide order dated 29th May 2025 has granted an ad-interim injunction order restraining Defendant No. 1 from using the mark ‘BIMA SUGAM’/ or any other trademark, which is deceptively similar to the Plaintiff’s ‘BIMA SUGAM’ mark in any manner including restrain against using the www.bimasugam.com and www.bimasugam.in. In a