SC directs Matrimony.com and Jodi365 to explore settlement

The Supreme Court has directed Matrimony.com and Jodi365 to explore a settlement in their trademark dispute. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe passed the direction on 22 August 2026.

Matrimony.com told the Court it was willing to rebrand its app as “Jodi Matrimony” to protect existing users. The bench expressed disinclination to entertain the company’s plea challenging the Madras High Court restraint. It agreed to keep the petition pending while the two sides talk.

As we reported yesterday, the Madras High Court division bench restrained Matrimony.com from using the “Jodii” mark for matchmaking. That restraint has not been stayed. It remains in effect while settlement talks proceed.

The dispute has a long run up. Matrimony.com launched Jodii in 2021. A single judge ruled in Matrimony.com’s favour in July 2022. A division bench reversed that in August 2026 and decided in Jodi365’s favour. The Supreme Court petition followed.

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A direction to explore settlement is not relief. That distinction is where brands lose money. A court asking two parties to talk says nothing about the order already sitting against one of them. The restraint still binds. Until it is stayed, varied, or replaced by a consent order, the mark cannot be used.

If you are running a brand through a mark dispute, plan on the restraint timeline, not the settlement timeline. App store entries, marketplace catalogue listings, packaging artwork, paid search copy and creator briefs all have to move now. Catalogue changes alone take days to propagate across Amazon, Flipkart and quick commerce. Settlement talks can run for months. Your compliance clock is not their clock.