India, April 17 -- In a major development to the legal dispute between FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and Honasa Consumer, the Delhi High Court today closed the matter after HUL agreed to withdraw its sunscreen advertisement campaign and make changes to the existing one.

The FMCG major told the court that it would withdraw the current 'Lakme Sun Expert SPF 50' sunscreen advertisement and republish it after removing any references that could be seen as disparaging The Derma Co.

HUL has agreed before the Delhi HC to remove the sunscreen's online posts within 24 hours and physical hoardings within 48 hours.

To avoid confusion or association, HUL agreed to change the colour of the product in the ad from orange (which resembled...