The former franchisees of Sangeetha Caterers and Consultants LLP, now running their restaurants across Chennai city under the brand name of Geetham, told the Madras High Court on Thursday that they were willing to change the colour of their logo and issue advertisements in newspapers stating that they have nothing to do with Sangeetha.
Appearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, senior counsel P.S. Raman, representing the former franchisees, said, the franchisee agreement was cancelled on May 31, 2022 and therefore from June 1, 2022 his clients had begun to run their restaurants under the name ‘Geetham’.
“The only issue is that they issued advertisements stating that the name has changed but everything else including taste and ambience remains the same. The colours in the logo are also similar to Sangeetha but now we are willing to change the colour to something entirely different and also make it clear that we have nothing to do with Sangeetha,” he told the Bench.
