Lifestyle Equities C.V vs Amazon Technologies Inc

insc-2025-1190 Supreme Court of India 7 October 2025 • 88 min read

18 cases cited (0 SG, 18 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Practice Areas

Amendment Act Amendment Act, 2015 Amendment Act, 2019 Arbitration Act was substituted vide the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Act, 2021 Bill to amend the CPC and the Limitation Act, 1963 Civil Procedure Code, 1882 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 Constitution of India Court while deciding a litigation arising from the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 Limitation Act, 1963

Judges (2)

J.B. Pardiwala Delivered K.V. Viswanathan Coram

Counsel (5)

Abhishek Manu Singhvi Counsel Respondent Arvind Nigam Counsel Respondent Gaurav Pachnanda Counsel Petitioner Mukul Rohatgi Counsel Petitioner Neeraj Kishan Kaul Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Amazon Technologies Inc. Respondent Lifestyle Equities C.V. Petitioner

Case Significance

Lifestyle Equities C.V vs Amazon Technologies Inc is a Supreme Court of India decision dated October 7, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1190). Lifestyle Equities challenged a High Court order granting unconditional stay of execution of a money decree in a trademark infringement case against Amazon. The Supreme Court declined to interfere, upholding the High Court's balanced approach to stay of execution under Order XLI Rule 5 CPC and clarifying that deposit of cash security is not the only permissible mode of security. The bench comprised Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan. The judgment was delivered by Justice J.B. Pardiwala. Counsel appearing: Abhishek Manu Singhvi (counsel for respondent), Arvind Nigam (counsel for respondent), Gaurav Pachnanda (counsel for petitioner), Mukul Rohatgi (counsel for petitioner), Neeraj Kishan Kaul (counsel for respondent).

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 18 case citations.

Summary

Lifestyle Equities challenged a High Court order granting unconditional stay of execution of a money decree in a trademark infringement case against Amazon. The Supreme Court declined to interfere, upholding the High Court's balanced approach to stay of execution under Order XLI Rule 5 CPC and clarifying that deposit of cash security is not the only permissible mode of security.

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Statutes Cited

Amendment Act

s 87

Amendment Act, 2015

s 26

Amendment Act, 2019

s 15

Arbitration Act was substituted vide the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

s 34 s 36 s 36(2) s 36(3) s 87 s 9

Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Act, 2021

Bill to amend the CPC and the Limitation Act, 1963

Civil Procedure Code, 1882

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Commercial Courts Act, 2015

Constitution of India

Art 14

Court while deciding a litigation arising from the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958

Limitation Act, 1963

Cases Cited (18)

IN (18)

(1987) 4 SCC 407 (1998) 8 SCC 676 (2002) 3 SCC 533 (2002) 5 SCC 377 (2002) 7 SCC 531 (2003) 3 SCC 309 (2005) 1 SCC 705 (2005) 4 SCC 1 (2008) 2 SCC 326 (2008) 3 SCC 397 (2009) 2 SCC 426 (2018) 6 SCC 287 (2019) 8 SCC 112 (2020) 17 SCC 324 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1243 2025 INSC 1190 AIR 1955 Guj 113 AIR 1999 Raj 264

Cited By (1)

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Lifestyle Equities C.V vs Amazon Technologies Inc

Judgment

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