ORIENT CABLES (INDIA) LIMITED vs OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR NORTHERN REGION MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS & ORS. & ORS.

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$~18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 27/2026, CAV 24/2026, CM APPL. 3619/2026, CM APPL. 3620/2026, CM APPL. 3621/2026 & CM APPL. 3622/2026 ORIENT CABLES (INDIA) LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Mr. Chander M. Lall, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Kapil Wadhwa, Mr. Raghav Wadhwa, Mr. Anish Jandial, Mr. Amitoj Chaddha and Ms. Annanya Mehan, Advs. versus OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR NORTHERN REGION MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS & ORS. & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Gaurav Bharathi, SPC with Mr. Debasish Mishra, GP for R-1 Mr. Abhishek Malhotra, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Angad Singh Dugal, Mr. Govind Singh Grewal, Ms. Srishti Gupta, Ms. Kanishka Singh, Mr. Kartikey Dutta and Ms. Anukriti Dutta, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 03.02.2026 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. According to us, this LPA is completely unnecessary. 2. Respondent 3 filed an application under Section 16(1)(b)1 of the 1 16. Rectification of name of company. – (1) If, through inadvertence or otherwise, a company on its first registration or on its Signature Not Verified registration by a new name, is registered by a name which,— Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:06.02.2026 12:55:22 LPA 27/2026 Page 1 of 3 Companies Act, 2013, before the Registrar of Companies, for directing the appellant to change its name on the ground that the corporate name of the appellant was identical to or closely resembling the trademark of Respondent 3. The Regional Director, in the office of the ROC, is presently in seisin thereof. 3. The appellant filed a reply before the Registrar, in which it took the stand that Section 16(1)(b) application of Respondent 3 was barred by time. It was also sought to be contended that, during oral proceedings, the appellan