Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 441 · Decided 4 August 1995
M/S. Gujarat Bottling Company LTD. and ORS. v. The Coca Cola CO. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 441 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 514
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6839/1995
- Decided
- 4 August 1995
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Contract Act Section 27; Specific Relief Act Section 4l(e), 42
Headnote
Trade and Merchandise Marks Act/Trade and Merchandise Marks Rules 1958-Section 49/Rule 83-Trade Mark-Registration ofuser-Statut01y requirement~Implications of Common law-Licensing-Restriction on C usage. Indian Contract Act, Section 27-Restraint of trade-Doctrine of-Test of reasonablenes~ommercial the franchisee to deal with competing goods-To facilitate distribution of goods of the franchisee-Held, cannot be regarded as D restraint of trade. Specific Relief Act, 1963-Sections 4l(e) & 42-lnjunction-Grant of-Enforcement of negafive covenant-Held, relief discretionary-Plea of burdensome
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