DELHI: An Indian court on Tuesday ordered Amazon to remove the listings of Pakistan-manufactured famous Sharbat Rooh Afza from its platform in India.
The orders were passed by the the Delhi High Court which permanently restrained e-commerce platform Amazon from selling Pakistan-made Rooh Afza, the famous Indian sherbet, on its site.
The court’s order came as a relief for Hamdard National Foundation, the Indian manufacturer of the drink, which filed a petition against the listing of some variants of Rooh Afza on Amazon India.
The India-based Hamdard National Foundation claimed in court that it was engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling various Unani and Ayurvedic medicines, oils, syrups and non-alcoholic beverages including Rooh Afza, and that a company ‘Golden Leaf’ was selling products under the ‘Rooh Afza’ trademark on Amazon India which were not sold by them.
Upon purchasing it, Hamdard submitted that “to their utter shock” they realised the product was manufactured in Pakistan.
During a hearing on September 5, the high court directed the e-commerce site to remove the drink manufactured by a Pakistani company under the name “Rooh Afza” from its listings for Indian customers.
