Supreme v Supremo: Supreme Court moves rival SUPREME trademark suits from Indore and Delhi to Ahmedabad
Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria send a Rs 15 lakh suit by Supremo India and a Rs 2 crore suit by Supreme Industries over the SUPREME mark to the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad, a city neither side had chosen.
Two companies suing each other over the word SUPREME in two different cities will now fight it out in a third. On 28 October 2026 the Supreme Court transferred a commercial suit filed by M/s Supremo India Private Limited before the District Judge (Commercial), Indore and a commercial suit filed by M/s The Supreme Industries Limited before the Delhi High Court to the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad. A bench of Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria chose a venue that neither party had asked for, after each insisted that the other’s suit be moved to its own forum. The parties have been directed to appear before the Ahmedabad court on 26 November 2026.
The order, written by Justice Bhatti and marked non-reportable, disposes of two transfer petitions between the same parties: Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 3594 of 2025 by Supreme Industries and Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 175 of 2026 by Supremo India. Senior counsel Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul and Ms. S. Janani appeared for the parties.
A Rs 15 lakh suit in Indore, a Rs 2 crore suit in Delhi
Supremo India struck first in Indore. Its suit, CS (Comm) No. 134 of 2025 before the District Judge (Commercial), names Supreme Industries as defendant and asks for a permanent injunction restraining it from manufacturing, advertising, promoting or taking any action involving the trademark SUPREME. It also seeks an order restraining the defendant from disposing of or dealing with its assets and directing it to disclose them, an order that the impugned goods be restrained, disabled and removed from third-party e-commerce platforms, and damages of Rs 15,00,000.
Supreme Industries answered with a larger suit of its own in the Delhi High Court, CS (Comm) No. 1294 of 2025, against Supremo India and another. It claims infringement of its registered trademark and seeks a permanent injunction against using, manufacturing, selling, exporting, importing, offering for sale, distributing or advertising goods bearing a similar or identical mark in virtual and physical marketplaces. It adds claims for passing off, for infringement of its registered copyright in the SUPREME label and logo, and for dilution and tarnishment of the mark’s distinctive character and reputation. It asks for a rendition of accounts of profits, delivery up and destruction of infringing products, damages of Rs 2,00,01,000 payable jointly and severally by the defendants, and a declaration that SUPREME is a well-known mark under Section 2(1)(zg) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
Supreme Industries then petitioned the Supreme Court to move the Indore suit to a court of competent jurisdiction at New Delhi. Supremo India filed its own petition to move the Delhi suit to the District Judge (Commercial Court), Indore, or any other competent court in that city.
Agreed on one court, agreed on nothing else
The bench recorded that the dispute centres on trademark infringement and that the cross-suits, in effect, each seek to restrain the other side from breaching the trademark. Senior counsel on each side insisted that the other matter be transferred to the place where his or her client had sued. On one point they were at one: both suits should be tried before a single court. Each suggested a few alternative places, each opposed the city where the contesting party had filed, and both allowed the Court to transfer the two matters to one court of its choosing.
The Court took that liberty. It said it would not refer to some of the contentions canvassed at the Bar and that it did “not express a view on the merits of the matter.” Exercising the jurisdiction and discretion vested in it, it transferred CS (Comm) No. 134 of 2025 from the District Judge (Commercial), Indore and CS (Comm) No. 1294 of 2025 from the Delhi High Court to the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad. The courts where the suits were instituted are to transfer the respective plaints to Ahmedabad expeditiously.
Order
Both transfer petitions are ordered in those terms. CS (Comm) No. 134 of 2025 and CS (Comm) No. 1294 of 2025 stand transferred to the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad, where the parties are to appear on 26 November 2026. The Court expressed no view on who owns the SUPREME mark or whether either side has infringed it. Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.