"No further booking shall be made from today till January 29," a division bench headed by Justice H S Kapadia said, while directing the single Bench of Madras High Court to take the interim application of Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) on January 29.
The Bench issued its direction on a petition filed by BAL challenging the Madras High Court order allowing TVS Motor to go ahead with its manufacturing and selling of two-wheeler 'TVS Flame'.
Bajaj Auto had challenged a division bench order of the Madras High Court of December 20 allowing TVS Motor to go ahead with its booking and delivery of its new bike.
The Apex Court, after hearing the contention of both the automobile majors, directed the status quo as of today is to be maintained.
Bajaj Auto had accused TVS Motor of infringing its patent on DTS-i -- acronym for Digital Twin Spark Plug ignition -- in TVS Flame. TVS, in its latest 125 cc motorcycle Flame, uses CCVTi technology which Bajaj claims to be a copy of its DTS-i technology. The Pune-based two-wheeler maker uses DTS-i technology in various products including the Pulsar series of bikes.
TVS, however, has denied BAL's allegations and has slapped a Rs 250-crore (Rs 2.5 billion) defamation suit against the Pune-based company.
