NALLI PTE LTD & 2 Ors v NALLI KUPPUSWAMI CHETTI and NALLI RAMANATHAN & Anor
Outcome
Appeal allowedWe therefore allow the appeal against the Judge’s finding that NPL had acted maliciously and made false statements by implying that the goods sold by NCCPL were not genuine.
Source: [2024] SGHC(A) 18, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 27 May 2024. Read directly from the judgment.
Key facts
| Court | High Court (Appellate Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judges | Aedit Abdullah, Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Kannan Ramesh |
| Charges / claim | Intellectual Property, Contract |
| Outcome | Appeal allowed |
| Counsel | Grays LLC, RLC Law Corporation, G Radakrishnan, Kanthosamy Rajendran |
Source: [2024] SGHC(A) 18, High Court (Appellate Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Nalli Pte Ltd and others v Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti and Nalli Ramanathan (trading as Nalli Chinnasami Chetty) and another [2024] SGHC(A) 18 was decided by the Appellate Division of the High Court of Singapore on 27 May 2024 in Civil Appeal No 53 of 2022, on appeal from Suit No 286 of 2020. The coram comprised Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA, Kannan Ramesh JAD and Aedit Abdullah J, with Aedit Abdullah J delivering the judgment of the court following hearings on 6 March and 14 August 2023. The appeal involved two sides of the family of Mr Nalli Chinnasami Chetty and was described by the court as the latest episode in a decades-long series of disputes, arising directly out of deeds of settlement entered into in the late 1990s and raising issues of trade mark infringement, passing off by misrepresentation, and the interpretation of those deeds.
[2024] SGHC(A) 18 explained
NALLI PTE LTD & 2 Ors v NALLI KUPPUSWAMI CHETTI and NALLI RAMANATHAN & Anor ([2024] SGHC(A) 18) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Appellate Division) on 27 May 2024. It is categorised under Intellectual Property and Contract. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2024] SGHC(A) 18 about?
NALLI PTE LTD & 2 Ors v NALLI KUPPUSWAMI CHETTI and NALLI RAMANATHAN & Anor ([2024] SGHC(A) 18) is a High Court (Appellate Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Intellectual Property — Trade marks and trade names — Infringement”, “Contract — Contractual terms — Express terms — Interpretation of deeds of settlement”, and “Intellectual Property — Trade marks and trade names — Passing off — Misrepresentation”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2024] SGHC(A) 18 consider?
The judgment refers to Trade Marks Act (Cap 332). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
What was Nalli Pte Ltd v Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti [2024] SGHC(A) 18 about?
Decided on 27 May 2024 by the Appellate Division of the High Court, the case concerned a dispute between two sides of Mr Nalli Chinnasami Chetty's family arising from deeds of settlement entered in the late 1990s, raising trade mark infringement, passing off, and contractual interpretation issues.
Which judges decided Nalli Pte Ltd v Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti [2024] SGHC(A) 18?
The Appellate Division coram comprised Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA, Kannan Ramesh JAD and Aedit Abdullah J. Aedit Abdullah J delivered the judgment of the court in Civil Appeal No 53 of 2022, which arose from Suit No 286 of 2020.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2024] SGHC(A) 18)