Delhi High Court Orders Suspension of More Than 120 "Jio Lottery" Websites
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India's courts continue to give brand owners fast relief against websites that trade on well-known marks. In Reliance Industries Limited v. Rahul Meena & Ors. (CS(COMM) 1043/2026), Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav of the Delhi High Court granted an interim order on 7 October 2026 against operators of lottery and gaming websites using the JIO trademark.
Reliance told the court that it owns the registered JIO mark and that the defendants were using JIO, JIO LOTTERY and JIO LOTTERY GAME as the dominant part of domain names and websites, such as jiolotterygame.com and jiolottery.club, for lottery, gaming, payment-related and allied services. It argued that this was likely to confuse the public and dilute its mark.
The court found that the websites prima facie met the test for a rogue website set out in its 2019 decision in UTV Software Communication v. 1337X.To. According to ETLegalWorld's report, that test looks at the primary purpose and effect of a website in a qualitative way rather than counting infringing items. The court restrained the first defendant from using the marks and directed the domain name registrars to keep the listed websites suspended until further orders. Reports put the number of websites at more than 120. The court also directed Google, which operates the Blogger platform, to disable access to and remove an allegedly infringing page.
The registrars were joined as defendants so that they could preserve and disclose registrant, account, contact, billing and payment details. The Indian government, through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Telecommunications, was also made a party. The case is listed for further hearing on 30 November 2026.
For brand owners in Asia, the order shows how Indian courts combine trademark claims with intermediary orders. Joining registrars and platforms at the start lets the owner block the sites and collect information about anonymous operators in the same proceeding.
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