MS VAJIRAM AND RAVI ISA STUDY CENTRE LLP vs M/S VAJIRAO AND REDDY INSTITUTE PVT LTED

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$ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 29.04.2026 Judgment delivered on: 26.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 26.05.2026 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 7/2024 & CM APPL. 2820/2024, CM APPL. 14739/2026 M/S VAJIRAM AND RAVI ISA STUDY CENTRE LLP ..... Appellant versus M/S VAJIRAO AND REDDY INSTITUTE PVT LTD .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Appellant : Mr. J. Sai Deepak Sr. Adv. with Mr. B. Badrinath, Mr. Sumit Rajput and Mr. Dhruv Bhardwaj, Advs. For the Respondent : Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, Mr. Rahul Kumar, Mr Aakash Thakur Mr. Nalin Talwar, Mr. Chatinaiya Safaya and Mr. Priyesh Mohan Srivastava, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA JUDGMENT MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. 1. This is an appeal under Order 43 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Signature Not Verified Signed By:HEMANT FAO(OS) (COMM) 7/2024 Page 1 of 21 PRATAP SINGH Signing Date:26.05.2026 17:28 Procedure, 1908 [‘CPC’], read with Section 13(1) of the Commercial Courts Act 2015, and Section 10 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, against the order dated 14.09.2023 [‘impugned judgment’]. 2. The present appeal pertains to a dispute inter-se two institutions, ‘VAJIRAM & RAVI’ and ‘VAJIRAO & REDDY’, both engaged in the business of coaching candidates for the Indian Civil Services examination. FACTUAL MATRIX 3. The Appellant was established by Professor P. Velayutham as a sole proprietor under the trademark ‘VAJIRAM & RAO’. The usage of the said mark continued till 1976, when Mr. P.S. Ravindram took over the management of the institute and renamed it as ‘VAJIRAM & RAVI’ [‘Appellant’s mark’]. 4. The Appellant holds wordmark registrations as well as device mark registrations of ‘VAJIRAM & RAVI’ a