The Delhi High Court has restrained multiple entities from misusing Akasa Air’s trademarks to run fake recruitment scams and cheat job seekers. The Court also ordered blocking of fake websites, phone numbers, UPI IDs, and bank accounts linked to the impersonators.
The Delhi High Court has passed an important interim order in favour of SNV Aviation Private Limited, the company that operates Akasa Air, to stop several entities from illegally using the airline’s name and trademarks to carry out fake recruitment activities and cheat job seekers.
The case was filed by SNV Aviation against multiple individuals and entities who were allegedly pretending to be associated with Akasa Air and offering fake job opportunities in exchange for money.
The suit was filed seeking permanent injunction, damages, rendition of accounts, and other reliefs for trademark infringement, passing off, and unfair competition.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, while hearing the matter, granted interim protection to Akasa Air after examining the documents and materials placed on record. The Court found that the airline had made out a strong prima facie case against the defendants.
While passing the interim injunction, the Court observed,
“The Court, upon consideration of the material on record, is of the opinion that a prima facie case is made out in favour of the Plaintiff (SNV Aviation/ Akasa Air). The acts of the infringing Defendants in approaching unwary members of the public, falsely representing that they are offering employment on behalf of the Plaintiff, and demanding ‘process fees’ for such employment, when the Plaintiff admittedly follows no such practice clearly amounts to misrepresentation, deception, and passing off,”
Akasa Air informed the Court that the defendants were contacting members of the public through phone calls and emails, falsely claiming to be agents or employees of the airline.
These individuals allegedly offered jobs with Akasa Air and demanded payment of so-called “process fees”, even though the airline does not charge any fees for recruitment at any stage.
The airline further stated that these fake recruiters were unauthorisedly using Akasa Air’s registered trademarks such as “AKASA” and “AKASA AIR”. In addition, the defendants were also using deceptively similar names like “AKASHA” and “AKAASA” to confuse job seekers.
According to the airline, several fake domain names were registered and used to make people believe that the communications were officially coming from Akasa Air.
Akasa Air told the Court that it had received multiple complaints from the public regarding these fraudulent recruitment messages and calls.
The airline submitted that these activities caused serious damage to its reputation, loss of goodwill, and erosion of public trust in its brand.
Taking note of the seriousness of the issue, the Delhi High Court, on December 22, restrained all the named defendants (defendants 1 to 18) from using Akasa Air’s trademarks or any identical or deceptively similar marks in any manner.
This restraint applies to domain names, email addresses, recruitment messages, and any other form of communication.
The Court also issued several important directions to prevent further misuse and protect the public. It ordered the suspension and locking of specific domain names by the concerned domain registrars.
The websites ordered to be blocked include https://hrakasaair.com, http://akaasaservices.com, http://akasaairltd.com/, and http://akasaairltd.com/.
Further, the Court directed disclosure of KYC details and blocking of mobile numbers used by the alleged impersonators.
The Union Ministry of Electronics, Information, and Technology (MEITY) and the Department of Telecommunications were instructed to issue necessary directions to telecom service providers to implement these measures.
The Court also ordered disclosure of KYC details and blocking of specific UPI IDs linked to the accused entities, along with freezing and blocking of their associated bank accounts, to stop any further financial fraud.
The matter is now listed before the Joint Registrar on February 3, 2026, for further procedural steps, and before the Court on May 22, 2026, for further hearing.
Akasa Air was represented before the Delhi High Court by Advocates Essenese Obhan, Ayesha Guhathakurta, and Urvika Aggarwal from the law firm Obhan & Associates.
Read More Reports On Airline’s Trademarks
