Delhi Hc Shocks Sanjay Dutt

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is into liqor business and the company got a shock from the Delhi High Court. The High Court prevented Sanjay Dutt-backed Cartel Bros from using the word ’Godfather’ for its whisky during the pendency of a lawsuit by Devans Modern Breweries.

Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that Devans Modern Breweries Ltd has been manufacturing beer under the mark ’Godfather’ for the last 40 years and the material on record showed that the mark is exclusively associated with it alone.

In its interim order,the court said ”Thus, on a cumulative and holistic appreciation of facts, prima facie, it appears that the plaintiff is entitled to an ad-interim injunction restraining the defendants from using the mark ’Godfather’ or other forms like ’Godfather’s’ in respect of the product — whisky, manufactured by the defendants during the pendency of the present suit,”