Madras High Court
C.S(COMM DIV)/220/2026 of Aquapump Industries and another Vs Ashok Kumar Maheshwari on 16 October 2026
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 220 of 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 16-10-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.B. BALAJI
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 220 of 2026
CNR:{HCMA011760472026}
AND
OA NO. 773 OF 2026,
A NO. 3274 OF 2026 & OA NO. 772 OF 2026
1. Aquapump Industries and another
Tudiyalur Post,
Coimbatore 641034
and also at
No. 184, old No.24, Linghi Chetty Street, George Town, Chennai 600001
Rep by its Managing Partner,
Mr. Ramaswamy Kumaravelu
2. Aquasub Engineering
Tudiyalur Post, Coimbatore 641034 and also at No. 184, old No.24, Linghi Chetty Street, George Town, Chennai 600001 Rep by its Managing Partner, Mr. Ramaswamy Kumaravelu
..Plaintiff(s)
Vs
Ashok Kumar Maheshwari
Proprietor,
Maheshwari Brothers,
88, Tel Gali, Maharani road,
Siyaganj, Indore 452007
Madhya Pradesh
..Respondent(s)
PRAYER: This Civil Suit filed under Order IV Rule 1 O.S. Rules and Order VII, Rule 1 CPC read with Section 27, 134 & 135 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, the Plaintiffs, therefore, prays for Judgement and Decree for,
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(a) granting a permanent injunction, restraining the Defendant, by itself, their servants, agents, distributors, or anyone claiming through them from manufacturing, selling, advertising and offering for sale using the Trade Marks 'TEXSUMO' as such or prefix or suffix in any Pumps or Motors or any related goods and parts included in Class 7 or in any other goods manufactured and sold by the Defendant or its trading style or in any media and use the same in invoices, letter heads and visiting cards or by using any other trade mark which is in any way visually, or phonetically identical or deceptively similar to the Plaintiffs registered Trade Mark TEXMO or in any manner infringing the Plaintiffs Registered Trade Mark Nos. 315049 SP-I, SP-II 315050 SP-I, SP-II
renumbered as 2702778, 2702779, 2702780, 2702781, 1961986 1961987
respectively.
(b) granting a permanent injunction, restraining the Defendant, by itself, their servants, agents, distributors, or anyone claiming through them from manufacturing, selling, advertising and offering for sale using the Trade Marks TEXSUMO as such or prefix or suffix in any Pumps or Motors or any related goods and parts included in Class 7 or in any other goods manufactured and sold by the Defendant and its trading style or in any media and use the same in invoices, letter heads and visiting cards or by using any other trade mark which is in any way visually, or phonetically identical or deceptively similar to the Plaintiffs Trade Mark TEXMO or in any manner pass off the Plaintiffs goods.
(c) directing the Defendant to surrender to the Plaintiffs all the goods, packing materials, cartons, advertisement materials and hoardings, letterheads, visiting cards, office stationery and all other materials containing/bearing the Trade Marks TEXSUMO or other deceptively similar mark to the Plaintiffs Trademark TEXMO, (d) directing the Defendant to render an account of profits made by them by the use of the impugned Trade Marks TEXSUMO on the goods included in Class 7
and decree the suit for the profits found to have been made by the Defendant,
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after the Defendant has rendered accountedirecting the Defendant to pay to the Plaintiffs the costs of the suit, andfpass such further or other order, as this Honble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and thus render justice.
For Plaintiff(s):
Ms.J.Vennila
For Respondent(s):
Mr.Rajesh Joshi
JUDGEMENT
Pending this Commercial Suit in C.S. No.220 of 2026, the parties have reached an amicable settlement and joint compromise memo is also placed for approval and recording of the Court. I find that the compromise has been executed by both the plaintiff as well as the defendant and signed by their respective counsel as well, dated 31.08.2026. The original of the joint memorandum of compromise, dated 31.08.2026 is also filed before this Court.
2. In view of the matter being amicably settled, the suit is decreed in terms of the memorandum of compromise dated 31.08.2026, which shall form part and parcel of the decree. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Applications are also closed. No costs. 16-10-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No RKP
C.S(COMM DIV) No. 220 of 2026
P.B.BALAJI J. RKP C.S(COMM DIV) No. 220 of 2026 AND OA NO. 773 OF 2026, A NO. 3274 OF 2026 and OA NO. 772 OF 2026 16-10-2026
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