1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION LEAVE PETITION NO.32 OF 2009 Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal and Anr. .. Plaintiffs Versus Shilpa Beverages Pvt.Ltd. .. Defendants Mr.B.N.Poojari i/b. Asian Patent & Law for plaintiffs Mr.Ramesh Mane with Sunil Naik for Defendants CORAM : S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATE : 11th February 2009. P.C. . This is a petition seeking leave under clause 14 of the Letters Patent. It is stated that requirements stipulated by Section 134(2) of the Trademarks Act and Clause 14 of the Letters Patent are satisfied. It is stated in para 4 of the petition that the petitioners desire to combine causes of action of infringement of petitioner’s trademark and passing of soas to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. The 2 petitioners have a branch office in Mumbai. It is stated that the respondents are manufacturing and/or marketing and/or offering for sell the goods and, therefore, these causes of action be permitted to be combined soas to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. They have stated that they have their registered office in Pune and branch office in Mumbai. There is no affidavit in reply controverting the statements made in paras 3 to 5 of the petition. 2. In these circumstances and applying the law laid down by this Court to the facts of the present case, leave under clause 14 can be granted. 3. Petition is accordingly made absolute. However, this does not prevent the respondents from raising appropriate pleas including that this Court has no jurisdiction to entertain and try the suit. 3 (S.C.Dharmadhikari, J)