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2026 DAILYLAW 3856 (DEL)

GODADDY COM LLC v. MCDONALDS CORPORATION AND ORS

FAO(OS) (COMM)/101/2026 · 2026-04-28

Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, V Kameswar Rao

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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 12:12:47 23872/2026 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 102/2026 CM APPL. 23877/2026 CM APPL. 23880/2026 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 108/2026 CM APPL. 24845/2026 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 116/2026 CM APPL. 26359/2026 + FAO(OS) (COMM) 75/2026 CM APPL. 19654/2026 Present: Mr. Amit Sibal, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Binsy Susan, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Vishal Hablani Ms. Ananya Dewan, Advs. Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Prince Kumar, Advs. Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Binsy Susan, Mr. Akshay Sharma, Ms. Shweta Sahu, Mr. Akshay Shankar, Ms. Palak Kaushal, Ms. Deeksha Pokhriyal, Advs. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Moazzam Khan, Mr. Mrinal Ojha, Mr. Debarshi Dutta, Mr. Arjun Mookerjee, Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Mr. Nikhil Gupta, Mr. Yogesh Singh, Mr. Aditya Dash, Advs. Ms. Geetanjali Vishwanathan, Ms. Kruttika Vijay, Mr. Yash Raj, Mr. Shivansh Tiwari, Ms Harshitha Rathod, Advs. Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Swati Agarwal Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Akshi Rastogi, Mr. Vaarish K. Sawlani, Ms. Ritika Bansal, Ms. Saumya Pawar, Mr. Suvaroop Saha Roy, Mr. Amer Vaid, Advs. for the appellants. Mr. Sumit Nagpal, SPC, Mr. Tanmay Saini, Mr. Kunal Khurana, Advs for R-3 and R-4. Mr. Ramesh Babu M R and Ms. Nisha Sharma for R-39. Mr Vishwa Pal Singh, CGSC, Mr Debashish Mishra, Govt Pleader, Mr Anurag Pandey, Mr Abhijit Singh, Advs for R-35 UOI. Mr. Nirupam Lodha, Mr. Kshitij Parashar, Mr. Abhineet Kalia for R-6. Mr. Bharat S Kumar, Adv. for R-3. 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 12:12:47 Mr. Anirudh Bakhru, Ms. Kripa Pandit, Mr. Avijit Sharma, Mr. Christopher Thomas Mr. Siddhant Sekhri, Advs. Mr. Amee Rana, Mr. Akhil Shandilya and Mr. Tanuj Sharma, Advs. for R-17. Mr. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, CGSC, Ms. Sonali Modi, Mr. Mukul Dev, Advs. for R-3, R-4, R-26 & R-27. Mr. Deepak Gogia, Mr. Aadhar Nautiyal and Ms. Shivangi Kohli, Advs. for R-18. Mr. Saurabh Seth Standing Counsel NIXI, Ms. Neelampreet Kaur, Mr. Abhiroop Rathore, Mr. Kabir Dev, Mr. Sukhvir Singh, Advs. for R-3 and R-15. Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Ms. Maanya Saxena, Advs. Mr Yash Kotak, Advocate Standing Counsel for State Bank of India, for R-22 and R-31. Mr. Santosh Kumar Rout, R-Bank/PNB. Ms. Dimple Arora, SPC, Mr. Manish Rawat, GP, Mr. Abhishek Mohanpuria, Ms. Srishti Singh, Advs. for UOI. Mr. Abhishek Singh,Mr. J. Amal Anand, Mr. Elvin Joshy, Ms. Shivani Kalra, Mr. K. V. Vibu Prasad, Mr. Akshat Mishra, Advs. for R-1 & R-2. Mr. Onkar Roy, Mr. Yash Goyal, Mr. Puneet Singh Yadav, Advs. for R-56 and R-20. Ms. Amee Rana, Ms. Radhika Roy and Ms. Bhavnish Kaur, Advs. for R-63. Mr. Yash Kotak, SC for SBI, R-11, 12, 14 to 18, 19 and 28. Mr. Sanjib Kumar Mohanty, SPC with Mr. Aditya Acharya, Mr. Aakash Bhola and Mr. Subesh Kumar Sahoo, Advs. for R-36. Mr. Kumar Vishwjeet, Mr. Amrendra Kumar Sharma, Advs. for R-12 to R-15 and R-16. Mr. Tanmaya Mehta, Mr. Aryan Bhardwaj, Advs. for R- 1. Mr. Utkarsh Goel, AR for R-10. Mr. Devashish Marwah & Ms. Natasha K., Advs. for R- 17. Mr. Saikrishna Rajagopal, Mr. Vivek Ayyagari, Mr. 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 12:12:47 Angad Singh Makkar, and Mr. Manas Raghuvanshi, Advs. for R-1 and R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA O R D E R % 28.04.2026 1. We have heard Mr Amit Sibal, learned Senior Counsel in FAO(OS) (COMM) No.38/2026 listed as item no.7. 2. To come up for further arguments on 29.04.2026. V. KAMESWAR RAO, J MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J APRIL 28, 2026 rt 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 12:12:47