Delhi's Swagath Restaurant Moves High Court Against Telangana-Based Hotel Chain Alleging Trademark Infringement

Justice Amit Bansal issued notices on both the restaurant's suit and interim injunction application, as well as the Rectification Petition seeking cancellation of the hotel group's trademark.

M/s Swagath runs hotels on a franchise basis in New Delhi and adjoining areas.

M/s. Hotel Swagath claims to be operating since 1991 across Telangana and currently operates 11 hotels under the disputed name. It also claims to have previously operated a hotel under the name Swagath in Dubai for 3 years.

The Court has issued summons in the suit and has asked the Defendant-Hotel to file its written statement and reply to the application for interim relief within 30 days.

The Court also issued notice on the rectification petition and granted six weeks to file a response.

Both the matters are now listed on 27th August.

Appearance: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Ms. Anupriya Shyam & Ms. Anjeeta Rani, Advocates for Plaintiff; Mr. Resu Mahender Reddy, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sai Krishna Rajagopal, Mr. Shravanth Shankar, Mr. Rohit Bhardwaj, Ms. Julien George, Ms. Prerna Robin, Ms. Shwetha Bhaskar Dhanturi, Mr. Vikas Dhanturi, Mr. Resu Kaushik Reddy, Ms. Anu Parcha, Mr. Shivnath Sawhney & Ms. Alka Bisht, Advocates for Defendants in suit; Mr. RajShekhar Rao, Senior Advocate with Mr. Resu Mahender Reddy, Senior Advocate and Mr. B. Shravanth Shankar, Mr. Rohit Bharadwaj, Ms. Prerna Robin, Ms. Shwetha Bhaskar Dhanturi, Mr. Vikas Dhanturi, Mr. Resu Kaushik Reddy & Mr. Shivnath Sawhney, Advocates for R-1. Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Om Ram & Mr. Nikunj Bindal, Advocates for Respondents in Rectification petition.

Case title: M/s. Swagath v. M/s. Hotel Swagath

Case no.: C.S. (Comm.) No. 625 of 2025; C.S. (Comm. IPD-TM) No. 150 of 2025

Click here to read order (in suit)

Click here to read order (in rectification petition)