HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED v. RIGHT CHOICE AND 5 ORS.
COMIP/213/2025 · 2026-09-24
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[ 2026 DAILYLAW 11967 (BOM) · dailylaw.ai ]
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[ 2026 DAILYLAW 11967 (BOM) · dailylaw.ai ]
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23-IA(L)-28277-2023.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMMERCIAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SUIT NO.213 OF 2025 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.28277 OF 2023 IN COMMERCIAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SUIT NO.213 OF 2025 Hindustan Unilever Limited ...Plaintiff/Applicant Versus Right Choice & Ors. ...Defendants WITH LEAVE PETITION (L) NO.28274 OF 2023 IN COMMERCIAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SUIT NO.213 OF 2025 Hindustan Unilever Limited ...Petitioner Versus Right Choice & Ors. ...Respondents WITH COURT RECEIVER REPORT NO.84 OF 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.28277 OF 2023 IN COMMERCIAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SUIT NO.213 OF 2025 Hindustan Unilever Limited ...Applicant/Plaintiff Versus Khan Collection & Ors. ...Defendants —————— Ms. Laher Shah a/w Saieraje Patil & Ishita Maheshwari i/b Laher Shah, for the Plaintiff. Arjun 1 ARJUN VITTHAL KUDHEKAR Digitally signed by ARJUN VITTHAL KUDHEKAR Date: 2026.09.29 13:19:03 +0530
23-IA(L)-28277-2023.doc Mrs. S. S. Chipkar, Master (Adm.), Court Receiver, High Court, Bombay, present. —————— Coram: Madhav J. Jamdar, J. Date: September 24, 2026 P.C.:
1. Heard Ms. Shah, learned Counsel appearing for the Plaintiff. 2. None appears for the Defendants despite service. LEAVE PETITION (L) NO.28274 OF 2023
3. Inspite of service, none appears for the Defendants. The Defendants have not even filed reply. 4. Accordingly, the contentions raised in the Leave Petition have remained controverted. 5. Perused the Plaint and the Leave Petition. 6. For the reasons set out in Leave Petition (L) No.28274 of 2023, the same is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.28277 OF 2023
7. A learned learned Single Judge by Order dated 13th October 2023 has already granted ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clauses (a), (b) and (d). 8. As the Leave Petition is allowed and no Reply has been filed to the Interim Application, for the reasons set out in the Order dated 13th October 2023, Interim Application (L) No.28277 of 2023 is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) to (d). Arjun 2
23-IA(L)-28277-2023.doc COMMERCIAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SUIT NO.213 OF 2025
9. Ms. Shah, learned Counsel for the Plaintiff, states that the ad- interim Order is operating since 13th October 2023. The Court Receiver has been appointed and the Court Receiver has executed the said Order. She, therefore, submits that the Suit be decreed in terms of the Order dated 13th October 2023 and this Order passed in Interim Application (L) No.28277 of 2023. 10.
Accordingly, the Commercial Intellectual Property Rights Suit No.213 of 2025 is decreed in terms of the Orders passed in Interim Application (Lodging) No.28277 of 2023. 11. Refund of Court fees as per rules. 12. As the Commercial Intellectual Property Rights Suit is disposed of, the Court Receiver stands discharged without passing accounts, subject to payment of costs, charges and expenses to be paid by the Plaintiff within two weeks from the demand being made by the Office of the Court Receiver. As the Court Receiver stands discharged, Court Receiver Report No.84 of 2024 stands disposed of. 13. In view of disposal of Commercial Intellectual Property Rights Suit No.213 of 2025, nothing survives in the Interim Applications, if any, and the same are also disposed of. [Madhav J. Jamdar, J.] Arjun 3