Delhi HC Grants Injunction In Reliance Industries' Plea Claiming That OLX Is Hosting Fraudulent Recruitment Advertisements For Jio And Reliance Trends [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has granted injunction in favour of Reliance Industries who had raised the concern of fraudulent recruitment advertisements being put up on the website of OLX which was harming the reputation of its marks 'Jio' and 'Reliance Trends'. While granting the injunction, the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta noted that: 'Considering the averments in the plaint...
Delhi High Court has granted injunction in favour of Reliance Industries who had raised the concern of fraudulent recruitment advertisements being put up on the website of OLX which was harming the reputation of its marks 'Jio' and 'Reliance Trends'.
While granting the injunction, the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta noted that:
'Considering the averments in the plaint and the application, the plaintiffs have made out a prima facie case in their favour and in case no ad- interim injunction is granted they would suffer an irreparable loss. Balance of convenience also lies in favour of the plaintiffs.'
The Plaintiff had argued that the defendants, who are web portals, are causing immense harm and irreparable injury to the plaintiffs' goodwill and reputation as on the defendants' web portal fake and fraudulent recruitment advertisements are being published which are accessible under the various words i.e. JIO JOBS, RELIANCE TRENDS JOBS etc. infringing the plaintiffs' trademark and trade name JIO and RELIANCE.
The Plaintiff further submitted that not only its registered marks are getting infringed, but a number of innocent job seekers are getting duped and money is being extorted from them.
While highlighting the the concerned URLs submitted by the Plaintiff have been removed, the Defendants informed the court that that they have also added filters with the words JIO and RELIANCE so that in future nobody can misuse the platform of the defendants with these false and fictitious advertisement so as to defraud the job seekers and infringe the plaintiff's trademarks/trade names.
[Read Order]