Court granted plaintiff leave to withdraw suit against Defendant No.2 and disposed of the commercial IP suit via consent terms entered between plaintiff and Defendants No.1 and 3 without costs.
Leave granted to withdraw suit against Defendant No.2; suit disposed on consent terms.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
COMMERCIAL NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 867 OF 2018
IN
COMMERCIAL IP SUIT NO. 131 OF 2018
The Indian Express (P) Ltd.
….Applicant
In The Matter Between
The Indian Express (P) Ltd.….Plaintiff
V/s
Bennett Coleman and Company Ltd.
And Ors.….Defendants
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Dr. Abhinav Chandrachud a/w Mr. Amol Joshi and Teaswi Ghag i/b Poorvi
Kamani for Plaintiff.
Ms. Mamta Jha a/w Ms. Kriti Rathi i/b Aishwarya Ambardekar for
Defendants.
CORAM : K.R.SHRIRAM, J.
DATED : 19th APRIL 2021.
P.C. :
1.At the outset plaintiffs’ stated that they do not wish to continue
the suit against Defendant No.2 and seek leave to withdraw the suit as
against Defendant No.2. Leave granted and suit stands dismissed against
Defendant No.2 as withdrawn.
2.Plaintiff and Defendant Nos.1 and 3 have entered into Consent
Terms dated 19th April, 2021. The Consent Terms signed by authorised
signatory of plaintiff and Defendant Nos.1 and 3 and their respective
advocates is taken on record and marked “X” for identification.
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3.Dr. Chandrachud and Ms. Jha states that Vaidehi Thakar
(Director and Authorized Signatory for Plaintiff) and Mritunjay Kataria
(Authorized Signatory for Defendant Nos.1 and 3) are present on line and
are identified by them.
4. For ease of reference, the Consent Term is scanned and
reproduced herein below :-
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5. All statements and undertakings accepted.
6. Suit stands disposed in terms of the Consent Terms.
7. Refund of court fee, if any, be paid in accordance with rules.
8. All interim applications stand disposed.
9. No order as to costs.
10. All to act on authenticated copy of this order.
(K.R. SHRIRAM, J.)
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The Indian Express (P) Ltd.
Bennett Coleman and Company Ltd. and Ors.
K.R. Shriram
As recorded by the court registry
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