Moti Mahal moves court against Daryaganj to stake claim on butter chicken

A Suit has been moved in Delhi High Court by the owners of Moti Mahal restaurants against Daryaganj restaurant over the use of tagline "Inventors of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani". Plaintiffs Moti Mahal restaurants claims that their predecessor's Late Chef Kundan Lal Gujral alone has been known and identified as the sole "Inventor of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani" since the 1950s and the tagline "Inventors of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani" acts as a brand identity of the Plaintiffs even as on date.

Suit claimed that Daryaganj restaurants owners/Defendants through their alleged acts of misappropriating the business, goodwill and reputation of the Plaintiffs and misrepresenting to the general public by claiming that their predecessor Late Kundan Lal Jaggi was the inventor of the dishes - Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani by falsely using the tagline "Inventors of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani".

Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi, Counsel for Plaintiffs, argued before the Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula that the owners of the famous trademark "MOTI MAHAL" and related formative marks, used in relation to restaurants operating nationally and internationally since 1920.