BENNETT, COLEMAN & COMPANY LIMITED & ANR. vs SERAPHIC DIVINE BEAUTY PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS.

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$~51 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 21st January, 2026 + CS(COMM) 252/2019 & I.A. 7074/2019 BENNETT, COLEMAN & COMPANY LIMITED & ANR. .....Plaintiffs Through: Ms. Mamta R. Jha, Mr. Akhil Saxena and Ms. Palak Batra, Advocates. versus SERAPHIC DIVINE BEAUTY PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. .....Defendants Through: Defendants are ex parte. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH JUDGEMENT JYOTI SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. This suit is filed by the Plaintiffs seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining Defendants No.1 and 2 and all others acting on their behalf from organizing the impugned event/beauty pageant DIVINE MISS INDIA comprising of Plaintiffs’ trademark MISS INDIA with mere addition of the prefix DIVINE and/or operating/owning the website www.divinemissindia.com, amongst other reliefs. 2. Plaintiff No.1 was incorporated on 29.11.1913 and has been since then publishing newspapers, magazines and periodicals. Plaintiff No.2 was incorporated on 16.09.2003 as a result of strategic alliance with Worldwide Channels Investments Limited and Plaintiff No.1 for publishing magazines and newspapers in India and has been publishing a wide range of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM) 252/2019 Page 1 of 20 By:KAMAL KUMAR Signing Date:03.02.2026 17:39:35 publications such as Top Gear, Femina (Hindi). In August, 2011 Plaintiff No.1 acquired remaining 50% shares of Plaintiff No.2 and the latter became a fully owned subsidiary of Plaintiff No.1. 3. As stated in the plaint, Plaintiffs belong to Times Group, which has been involved in varieties of businesses such as media and entertainment including radio broadcast, event management, outdoor advertising, television broadcast, publication of newspapers and magazines, internet services etc. Times Group u