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Xx and Anr. v. Yy

Delhi HC30 Apr 2026CS(COMM)/881/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Hardwyn India Ltd & Anr v Rajenndra Engitech LLP; CS(COMM) 881/2025; I.A. 20708/2025; Delhi High Court; Justice Jyoti Singh; order dated 30.04.2026; trademark infringement suit; HARDWYN vs HARDVIN; architectural hardware; permanent injunction sought; mediation at Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre; Settlement Agreement dated 15.01.2026; decree in terms of settlement; refund of entire court fees; Court Fees Act 1870; suit disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Suit decreed in terms of the Settlement Agreement dated 15.01.2026 executed between the parties, which shall form part of the decree and bind the parties thereto; Plaintiffs held entitled to refund of the entire court fees under the Court Fees Act, 1870; Registry directed to draw up the decree sheet; suit and pending application disposed of. ¶21

Xx and Anr. Vs Yy — 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 use of the mark(s) 'HARDVIN' and/or marks identical to or deceptively similar to the Plaintiffs' HARDWYN trademarks, in relation to architectural hardware items and similar/allied/cognate goods, amounts to infringement warranting a decree of permanent/perpetual injunction.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court perused the terms of settlement arrived at in mediation, found them lawful, and decreed the suit in terms of the settlement between the parties, the settlement forming part of the decree and binding the parties.

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Key takeaways

The Plaintiffs are held entitled to refund of the entire court fees in accordance with the Court Fees Act, 1870.ratio¶22

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Trade Marks / Infringement — Settlement-decreed suit. Hardwyn India Limited & Anr. v. Rajenndra Engitech LLP, CS(COMM) 881/2025 (Delhi High Court, Jyoti Singh, J., Order dated 30.04.2026): Suit for permanent/perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant from using the mark 'HARDVIN' and/or marks identical or deceptively similar to the HARDWYN trademarks in relation to architectural hardware items and allied/cognate goods. During pendency the parties were referred to mediation before the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre and executed a Settlement Agreement dated 15.01.2026. Finding the terms lawful, the Court decreed the suit in terms of the settlement, which forms part of the decree and binds the parties; the Registry was directed to draw up the decree sheet; the Plaintiffs were held entitled to refund of the entire court fee under the Court Fees Act, 1870; and the suit with pending application I.A. 20708/2025 stood disposed of. No adjudication of the infringement question occurred; the dispute was resolved consensually.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CS(COMM) 881/2025 and I.A. 20708/2025

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HARDWYN INDIA LIMITED AND ANR .....Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Gurvinder Singh, Advocate.

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versus

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RAJENNDRA ENGITECH LLP .....Defendant Through: Mr. Ayush Dey, 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 % 30.04.2026

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This suit is instituted on behalf of the Plaintiffs seeking decree of permanent/perpetual injunction against the Defendant and all others acting on behalf of the Defendant from using in any manner the impugned mark(s)

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“HARDVIN” and and/or any other mark or marks, identical to or deceptively similar to or containing any of the Plaintiffs’

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trademarks HARDWYN, , , and/or

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any other HARDWYN trademark(s) either as a brand name, trademark, trading style, corporate name, domain name, metatag, hashtag, web-address or otherwise, on its website, social media webpages, online trade directories or otherwise for manufacturing, producing, offering for sale, selling, displaying, advertising, marketing, stocking, whether directly or indirectly in relation to their business/products/services, whether on the Internet or

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CS(COMM) 881/2025

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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 02/05/2026 at 11:56:44

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otherwise, in respect of architectural hardware items and/or any other similar/related/allied/cognate goods and/or in any manner whatsoever amounting to infringement thereof, amongst other reliefs.

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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 15.01.2026, incorporating the terms of settlement.

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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 between the parties, which shall form a part of the decree and bind the parties thereto.

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