India, Oct. 21 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday imposed a penalty of Rs.50 lakh on the owner of 'Doctor Extra Soft' a footwear manufacturer, after noting that he had suppressed facts to get the court to intervene in a case against a Delhi-based competitor over a trademark dispute.

In June, the court passed an interim order in favour of the owner, Shoban Salim Thakur, restraining a Delhi-based competitor Chaitanya Arora and his firms from selling footwear under the trade mark 'Doctor Health Super Soft, Doctor Super Soft, Doctor Extra Soft'.

Arora, who was not present at the court during the order, filed an affidavit asking the court to cancel the order. He alleged that Thakur had approached the court with "unclean hands" and had del...