$~37-46
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*
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IN
THE HIGH COURT
OF DELHI
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AT NEW
DELHI
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||
+
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FAO (OS) 305/2017, CM
APPL.44188-44190/2017
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CROCS
INC USA
|
..... Appellant
|
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versus
|
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ACTION SHOES PVT LTD & ANR
|
..... Respondents
|
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FAO (OS) 306/2017, CM
APPL.44191-44193/2017
CROCS INC
USA
|
..... Appellant
|
||
versus
|
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BATA INDIA LTD
|
.....
Respondent
|
||
FAO (OS) (COMM) 206/2017, CM
APPL.44164-44166/2017
|
|||
CROCS
INC USA
|
..... Appellant
|
||
versus
|
|||
LIBERTY SHOES LTD & ANR
|
.....
Respondents
|
||
FAO (OS) (COMM) 207/2017, CM APPL.44167-44169
|
|||
CROCS
INC USA
|
..... Appellant
|
||
versus
|
|||
LIBERTY SHOES LTD & ORS
|
.....
Respondents
|
||
FAO (OS) (COMM) 208/2017, CM
APPL.44170-44172/2017
|
|||
CROCS
INC USA
|
.....
Appellant
|
||
versus
|
|||
RELAXO FOOTWEAR LTD
|
.....
Respondent
|
||
FAO (OS) (COMM) 209/2017, CM
APPL.44173-44175/2017
|
|||
CROCS
INC USA
|
..... Appellant
|
||
versus
|
|||
BATA INDIA LTD
|
.....
Respondent
|
||
FAO (OS) (COMM) 210/2017, CM
APPL.44176-44178/2017
|
|||
CROCS
INC USA
|
..... Appellant
|
||
versus
|
|||
RELAXO FOOTWEAR LTD
|
.....
Respondent
|
||
FAO (OS) 305/2017 & connected matters Page 1
FAO (OS) (COMM) 211/2017, CM
APPL.44179-44181/2017
CROCS INC USA
|
.....
Appellant
|
|||||
versus
|
||||||
BIOWORLD MERCHANDISING
INDIA LTD & ANR Respondents
|
||||||
FAO (OS) (COMM) 212/2017, CM
APPL.44182-44184/2017
|
||||||
CROCS INC USA
|
.....
Appellant
|
|||||
versus
|
||||||
BIOWORLD MERCHANDISING
INDIA LTD & ANR Respondents
|
||||||
FAO (OS) (COMM) 213/2017, CM
APPL.44185-44187/2017
|
||||||
CROCS
INC USA
|
..... Appellant
|
|||||
versus
|
||||||
ACTION SHOES PVT LTD & ORS
|
..... Respondents
|
|||||
Appearance: Mr. Ravinder
Sethi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. S.K. Bansal,
|
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Mr. Ajay Amitabh Suman, Mr.
Pankaj Kumar and Mr. Kapil Kumar
|
||||||
Giri, Advocates for appellants, in all
matters.
|
||||||
Mr. Neeraj Grover with Ms.
Kanika Bajaj and Mr. Mehak Nakara,
|
||||||
Advocates for respondents/Bata in
Item-38&42.
|
||||||
Mr. Jayant Mehta with Mr.
Kapil Wadhwa, Ms. Devyani Nath and
|
||||||
Mr. Shubhankar, Advocates for respondents in
Items-39&40.
|
||||||
Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Ms.
Devyani Nath, Advocates for respondents
|
||||||
in Items-37&46.
|
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Mr. Anil Dutt
with Ms. Vindhya S.
Mani, Advocates for
R-1 in
|
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Items-44&45.
|
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Mr.
M.K. Miglani with
Mr. Gaurav Miglani,
|
Advocates for
|
|||||
respondents in Items-41&43.
|
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CORAM:
|
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HON'BLE
MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
|
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HON'BLE
MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA
|
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O R D
E R
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%
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05.12.2017
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This Court is
of the opinion that the orders in this case have not determined the respective
rights and the liabilities of the parties. In
FAO (OS) 305/2017 & connected matters Page 2
these
circumstances, learned counsel seeks liberty to withdraw these appeals and
approach the Court as and when any order on the merits of the applications
under Order-XXXIX Rule-1&2 and Order-XXXIX Rule-4, CPC are made. It goes
without saying that all rights and contentions of the parties to urge the
submissions that are available in law are kept open. The appeals are dismissed
as withdrawn, along with all the pending applications.
A
copy of this order be given under the signatures of Court Master to the
parties.
S.
RAVINDRA BHAT, J
SANJEEV
SACHDEVA, J
DECEMBER
05, 2017
/vikas/
FAO (OS) 305/2017 & connected matters Page 3
THE ORDER OF THE SINGLE JUDGE, ASSAILED.
$~11 to
20
*
IN THE
HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+
CS (COMM)
772/2016 and I.A. Nos. 7905/2016, 418/2017
M/S CROCS
INC.USA
Through:
.....
Plaintiff
Mr. Akhil
Sibal, Sr. Advocate
with
Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj
Kumar,
Mr. Kapil
Giri and Mr.
Vinay Kr.
Shukla, Advocates.
versus
M/S
LIBERTY SHOES LTD
Through:
.....
Defendant
Mr. Jayant Mehta, Mr. Kapil
Wadhwa, Ms. Devyani Nath, Mr.
Shubhankar and Mr. Rahul Kukreja,
Advocates for D-1.
+
CS(COMM) 905/2016 and I.A. No. 8606/2016
M/S CROCS
INC USA
Through:
.....
Plaintiff
Mr. Akhil
Sibal, Sr. Advocate
with
Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj
Kumar,
Mr. Kapil
Giri and Mr.
Vinay Kr.
Shukla, Advocates.
versus
M/S ACTION SHOES PVT LTD & ANR .....
Defendants
Through: Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Ms. Devyani
Nath,
Advocates.
+
CS(COMM)
906/2016 and I.A. No. 8609/2016
M/S CROCS INC USA .....
Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Akhil Sibal,
Sr. Advocate with Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj Kumar,
Mr. Kapil
Giri and Mr.
Vinay Kr.
Shukla,
Advocates.
versus
M/S
BIOWORLD MERCHANDISING INDIA LIMITED
.....
Defendant
Through: Mr. Anil
Dutt and Ms.
Vindhya S.
Mani,
Advocates.
Mr. Vijay Singh and Mr. Praveen
Sehrawat,
Advocates for R-2.
+
CS(COMM)
1415/2016 and I.A. No. 12767/2016
M/S CROCS INC. USA .....
Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Akhil
Sibal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Mr. Kapil Giri and
Mr. Vinay Kr. Shukla, Advocates.
versus
M/S LIBERTY SHOES LTD & OTHERS ..... Defendants Through: Mr.
Jayant Mehta, Mr. Kapil
Wadhwa, Ms. Devyani Nath, Mr.
Shubhankar
and Mr. Rahul Kukreja,
Advocates
for D-1.
+
CS(COMM)
569/2017 and I.A. No. 6809/2015, 11728/2017
CROCS INC
USA
Through:
.....
Plaintiff
Mr. Akhil
Sibal, Sr. Advocate
with
Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj Kumar,
Mr. Kapil
Giri and Mr.
Vinay Kr.
Shukla, Advocates.
versus
BATA INDIA LTD & ORS .....
Defendants
Through: Mr. Neeraj
Grover and Ms. Kanika
Bajaj,
Advocates.
+
CS(COMM)
570/2017 and I.A. No. 11731/2017
M/S CROCS INC USA .....
Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj Kumar,
Mr. Kapil Giri and Mr. Vinay Kr.
Shukla,
Advocates.
versus
M/S
RELAXO FOOTWEAR LTD
..... Defendant
Through: Mr. M.K.
Miglani and Mr.
Gaurav
Miglani,
Advocates.
+
CS(COMM)
571/2017 and I.A. No. 6811/2015, 11729/2017
CROCS INC
USA
Through:
.....
Plaintiff
Mr. Akhil
Sibal, Sr. Advocate
with
Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj
Kumar,
Mr. Kapil
Giri and Mr.
Vinay Kr.
Shukla, Advocates.
versus
RELAXO
FOOTWEAR LTD
Through:
.....
Defendant
Mr. M.K.
Miglani and Mr.
Gaurav
Miglani, Advocates.
+
CS(COMM)
780/2017 and I.A. No. 9971/2015, 13312/2017
CROCS
INC.USA
Through:
.....
Plaintiff
Mr. Akhil
Sibal, Sr. Advocate
with
Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj
Kumar,
Mr. Kapil
Giri and Mr.
Vinay Kr.
Shukla,
Advocates.
versus
BIOWORLD
MERCHANDISING INDIA LTD. & ORS
.....
Defendants
Through: Mr. Anil
Dutt and Ms.
Vindhya S.
Mani,
Advocates.
+
CS(OS) 2850/2014 and I.A. Nos. 19747/2014, 24965/2014, 350/2016 &
11730/2017
CROCS INC USA .....
Plaintiff
Through: Mr. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj Kumar,
Mr. Kapil Giri and Mr. Vinay Kr.
Shukla,
Advocates.
versus
M/S BATA INDIA LTD AND ORS
..... Defendants
Through: Mr. Neeraj
Grover and Ms. Kanika
Bajaj,
Advocates.
+
CS(OS) 64/2016
M/S CROES
INC USA
Through:
.....
Plaintiff
Mr. Akhil
Sibal, Sr. Advocate
with
Mr. S.K. Bansal, Mr. Pankaj
Kumar,
Mr. Kapil
Giri and Mr.
Vinay Kr.
Shukla, Advocates.
versus
M/S ACTION SHOES PVT LTD AND ORS .....
Defendants
Through: Mr. Kapil Wadhwa and Ms. Devyani
Nath,
Advocates.
CORAM:
HON'BLE
MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J. MEHTA
O R D E R
% 24.11.2017
1.
Counsels for the defendants have
been heard with respect to injunction application filed by the plaintiff and
the application under Order 39 Rule 4 CPC filed by the defendants.
2.
Counsels for the defendants want
to address the remaining arguments by referring to books and publications of
existence of sandals in India for a very long period of time running into
possibly centuries, in view of Section 57 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
3.
List on 6th December, 2017 for the remaining
arguments of the defendants as also arguments of the plaintiff. In anticipation
of the judgment defendants are directed by the next date of hearing to file
affidavits of their authorised persons as to the costs already incurred by them
in these legal proceedings, whether in the form of lawyers fees or cost of
litigation or details as to losses on account of ex-parte
injunction
order operating against the defendants.
VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
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