CASTROL LIMITED vs SANJAY SONAVANE AND ORS

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI reserved on: 4 February 2026 pronounced on: 20 April 2026 RFA(OS)(COMM) 38/2025 & CM APPL. 80125/2025 CASTROL LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Mr. Urfee Roomi, Ms. Janaki Arun, Ms. Anuja Chaudhary and Mr. Arpit Singhal, Advs. versus SANJAY SONAVANE AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Adarsh Ramanujan, Mr. Parth Singh, Mr. Gaurav Sharma and Mr. Madhav Anand, Advs. for R-1 Ms. Anuparna Chatterjee, Adv. for R-5 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA % JUDGMENT 20.04.2026 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. Facilitative Index to the Judgment S. No. Subject Para Nos 1 A The lis 1–6 2 B The Issue 7 3 C Facts 8 - 39 4 I CS (Comm) 855/2025 – The first suit 9 – 25 1. Castrol Ltd.1 instituted two suits against Sanjay Sonavane. 2. In CS(Comm) 855/20252, there are two defendants. The first defendant was Sanjay Sonavane and the second defendant was Indilube Petro Specialty Pvt. Ltd3, in which Sanjay Sonavane was a Director. 3. In CS(Comm) 946/20254, there were five defendants apart from Sanjay Sonavane, who was Defendant 1. Defendant 2 was Daily Bhramar, Defendant 3 was Maharastra Bulletin, a digital news agency, and Defend