SIYARAM SILK MILLS LTD vs STANFORD SIYARAM FASHION PRIVATE LIMITED AND 2 ORS

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Digitally signed by MEERA MEERA MAHESH nmcd-22-13.doc MAHESH JADHAV JADHAV Date: 2026.01.14 18:35:00 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION NOTICE OF MOTION No. 22 of 2013 IN COMMERCIAL IP SUIT NO. 23 of 2008 M/s. Siyaram Silk Mills Limited …Applicant/Plaintiff Versus M/s. Stanford Siyaram Fashion Private Limited & Ors. …Defendants -------- Mr. Rashmin Khandekar a/w Mr. Minesh Andharia, Mr. Anand Mohan & Mr. Jay Shah i/b Krishna & Saurastri Associates LLP, for the Plaintiff. Mr. Sandeep Parikh a/w Mr. Vighnesh Kamat a/w Mr. Hemang Engineer, Ms. Chetana Gaikwad i/b M/s. Gordhandas & Fozdar, for the Defendants. -------- CORAM : ARIF S. DOCTOR, J. RESERVED ON : 18th DECEMBER 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 13th JANUARY 2026 JUDGMENT 1. The Applicant/Plaintiff has filed the present Suit, inter alia, seeking to restrain the Defendants from infringing the Plaintiff’s name and registered trade mark "Siyaram" by using the name or mark “Siyaram”, or any other deceptively similar name or mark, whether as part of the corporate or trading name of Defendant No. 1 or in relation to textile piece goods, ready-made garments, and other allied goods or services. The Plaintiff also seeks to restrain the Defendants from passing off the business and products of Defendant No. 1 as Meera Jadhav 1/34 nmcd-22-13.doc being those of the Plaintiff by the use of the name or mark "Siyaram" and/or any other deceptively similar name or mark, whether as part of the Defendants’ corporate name or in relation to the goods of Defendant No. 1. The Plaintiff has additionally sought damages and other consequential relief. The facts in brief: 2. The Plaintiff was incorporated as Siyaram Silk Mills Pvt. Ltd. on 29 th June 1978 under the provisions of