What is this — a juice packet? Should liquor in tetra packs be permitted at all? the Supreme Court wondered on Monday, noting that such packaging was ”dangerous” and deceiving, as it heard a trademark dispute between two liquor giants of the country.

After a counsel produced the tetra packs of both companies, pointing out the similarities in branding of their products, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi expressed surprise that the government had allowed liquor to be sold in such packets and said it was a ”serious issue”. The bench was hearing a trademark dispute between John Distilleries Pvt Ltd, which sells the product ’Original Choice’ whisky, and Allied Blenders and Distilleries Pvt Ltd, which produces product ’Officers Choice’ whisky.

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