Khadi Commission issues legal notice to Fabindia

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Feb 06, 2018, 01:04 AM

Khadi Commission issues legal notice to Fabindia

New Delhi, Feb 06: Legal notice has been issued to ethnic wear retail chain Fabindia by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) over the use of the registered trademark "khadi".

KVIC is an autonomous body under the Union ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises. It promotes the traditional homespun cotton identified with Mahatma Gandhi.

"Your continued violation and unauthorised/illegal use has caused and continues to cause irreparable loss/harm and damage to our client's khadi trademark and its goodwill and reputation… In these circumstances, you have rendered yourselves liable to institution of both civil and criminal proceedings, without prejudice to any other rights that our client (KVIC) may have in law or in equity," the notice states.