Order of Chennai High Court in the matter of Use of Trademark ‘ICAI’

V. Venkata Siva Kumar Vs Institute of Cost Accountants of India (Madras High Court) The petitioner seeks for a mandamus directing the first respondent to strictly comply with Sec 2(2) of Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959 as amended and desist from encroaching into the domains earmarked for the third respondent (Chartered Accountants) and further direct the second respondent to ensure that the acronym ICOAI be used instead of acronym ICAI which belongs to the third respondent. 2. The case of the petitioner is as follows: The petitioner is a practising Chartered Accountant and the member of th...