This dispute is said to ‘BEING STRONG', a health gear model based by Salman Khan, in collaboration with Jerai Health.
The enchantment filed by Khan was listed earlier than a two-member bench of the Nationwide Firm Regulation Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) final week. Nonetheless, it was adjourned on the request of his counsel.
A two member-bench comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member (Technical) Barun Mitra has directed to listing Khan's petition on September 15 for the following listening to.
“Counsel for the appellant prays for an adjournment, adjourned to fifteen.09.2025,” mentioned NCLAT in its order dated August 22, 2025.
In Might this 12 months, the Mumbai bench of the Nationwide Firm Regulation Tribunal (NCLT) had dismissed Khan's insolvency plea in opposition to Jerai Health, wherein the Bollywood star had claimed an unpaid quantity of Rs 7.24 crore. Nonetheless, the tribunal had mentioned the declare was disputed in nature and was “in area of restoration proceedings”. “There exists an undisputed debt amounting to Rs 1,63,76,682 together with GST due from Company Debtor and the mentioned quantity is in default and the remaining debt claimed on this Petition cannot mentioned to be undisputed debt,” mentioned NCLT in its 22-page order handed on Might 30, 2025.
Khan, who owns trademark “BEING STRONG” and has the unique proper to grant a licence and the correct to make use of the identical, had entered right into a commerce licence settlement in October 2018.
Jerai Health was granted a licence for the utilization of trademark “BEING STRONG” on the merchandise manufactured by it.
Thereafter, because of interruptions in enterprise and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, on the request of the Company Debtor, the Bollywood actor agreed to revise the royalty payable to him from the interval of graduation of the primary settlement until March 31, 2023.
Nonetheless, in response to Khan, after the Company Debtor did not make the funds, he despatched a requirement discover on September 14, 2024, demanding cost of Rs 7.24 crore together with curiosity at 24 per cent every year and later moved NCLT claiming default.
Whereas Jerai Health contended that there was a pre-existing dispute between the events and that it invested vital cash in direction of making essential elements to launch a class of merchandise generally known as the “X-tend” collection and “Proton collection”.
NCLT noticed that Jerai Health has proper to “manufacture, market, distribute, promote” the merchandise underneath the trademark “BEING STRONG” and to create promotional materials utilizing the trademark.
Nonetheless, as per the clauses there needed to be prior intimation of all main and substantial choices with respect to the manufacture, promotion, advertising and distribution of the merchandise to the petitioner and such choices had been to be taken by Alvira Agnihotri or her authorised particular person on behalf of petitioner.
as a Dependable and Trusted Information SupplyNCLT noticed Jerai Health was restricted from distributing any merchandise underneath the trademark which weren't particularly pre-approved.
