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Today Tea Limited v. Darjeeling Enterprises Private Limited

Delhi HC26 May 2026CS(COMM)/741/2025

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What is this about?

CS(COMM) 741/2025; I.A. 17656/2025; High Court of Delhi; Jyoti Singh, J.; Today Tea Limited; Darjeeling Enterprises Private Limited; trademark infringement; registered trademarks; TODAY STAR; TODAY PREMIUM; permanent injunction; mediation; Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre; Settlement Agreement dated 23.03.2026; suit decreed in terms of settlement; decree sheet; disposal of suit; refund of court fees; Court Fees Act, 1870

What did the court decide?

Suit decreed in terms of the Settlement Agreement dated 23.03.2026, which forms part of the decree and binds the parties; Registry directed to draw up the decree sheet; Plaintiff entitled to refund of the entire court fees under the Court Fees Act, 1870. ¶26

Today Tea Limited Vs Darjeeling Enterprises Private Limited — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Defendant's dealing in the impugned mark/label, identical or deceptively similar to the Plaintiff's registered trademarks TODAY STAR/TODAY PREMIUM, constitutes infringement actionable by a decree of permanent injunction. +2 more

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Court's answer

The Court perused the terms of the Settlement Agreement dated 23.03.2026, found the same lawful, and decreed the suit in terms of the settlement.

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Ratio / Principle

The Settlement Agreement shall form part of the decree and its terms shall bind the parties thereto.

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Key takeaways

The Registry was directed to draw up the decree sheet.ratio¶25
The suit, along with the pending application (I.A. 17656/2025), stands disposed of.ratio¶26
The Plaintiff was held entitled to refund of the entire court fees in accordance with the Court Fees Act, 1870.ratio¶27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi (Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh), order dated 26.05.2026 in CS(COMM) 741/2025 & I.A. 17656/2025, Today Tea Limited v. Darjeeling Enterprises Private Limited: a trademark-infringement suit seeking a permanent injunction restraining the Defendant from dealing with a mark/label identical or deceptively similar to the Plaintiff's registered trademarks TODAY STAR/TODAY PREMIUM was decreed in terms of the parties' Settlement Agreement dated 23.03.2026, executed after mediation before the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre. Finding the settlement terms lawful, the Court made the Settlement Agreement part of the decree with its terms binding the parties, directed the Registry to draw up the decree sheet, disposed of the suit along with the pending application, and held the Plaintiff entitled to refund of the entire court fees in accordance with the Court Fees Act, 1870.

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$~59

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CS(COMM) 741/2025 & I.A. 17656/2025

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TODAY TEA LIMITED .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Umesh Mishra and Mr. Aakash Bhambri, Advocates.

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versus

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DARJEELING ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED .....Defendant Through: Mr. Paramjeet Singh, Advocate.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

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O R D E R

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% 26.05.2026

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This suit is instituted on behalf of the Plaintiff inter alia seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining the Defendant and all others acting on its behalf from manufacturing, packaging, selling, offering for sale, advertising and dealing, in any manner whatsoever, with the impugned

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mark/label /

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or any other mark

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which may be identical and/or deceptively similar to Plaintiff’s trademarks/labels TODAY STAR/TODAY PREMIUM/

STAR/TODAY PREMIUM/

/ , amounting

CS(COMM) 741/2025

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/05/2026 at 13:26:47

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infringement of Plaintiff’s registered trademarks.

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During the pendency of the suit, parties were referred for mediation before the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre, where they have amicably settled their inter se disputes and executed a Settlement Agreement dated 23.03.2026, incorporating the terms of settlement, copy of which has been placed on record.

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Court has perused the terms of settlement and finds the same to be lawful. Accordingly, the suit is decreed in terms of the settlement. The Settlement Agreement shall form a part of the decree and terms thereof shall bind the parties thereto.

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Registry is directed to draw up the decree sheet.

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Suit along with pending application stands disposed of.

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Plaintiff is held entitled to refund of entire court fees in accordance with Court Fees Act, 1870.

JYOTI SINGH, J

MAY 26, 2026/YA

CS(COMM) 741/2025

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/05/2026 at 13:26:47

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