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Bajaj Auto wins civil suit on Hamara Bajaj
A bollywood entertainment company had planned to release an entertainment movie with a title “Hamara Bajaj”. This was extensively covered by the media.
Aggrieved by the infringement of its intellectual property rights vested in the marks “Hamara Bajaj” and “Bajaj”, Bajaj Auto Limited along with Bajaj Electricals Ltd. moved the Bombay High Court on March 25, 2013.
The matter was heard at length by the Court.
On September 21st, 2013 the Bombay High Court passed its order granting permanent injunction against the bollywood company from using the mark “Hamara Bajaj” as the movie title or in any other manner and from using the mark “Bajaj” in the proposed film.
Copy of the Order is enclosed.
Bajaj was represented by M/s Dhru and Company, Mumbai.
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
