India, May 3 -- The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed an appeal filed by fintech major PhonePe seeking to restrain DigiPe from using the 'Pe' trademark.

"We are not inclined to entertain the Special Leave Petitions under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. The Special Leave Petitions are accordingly dismissed," the SC said in an order dated May 3.

The directions were passed by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

As per Economic Times, the SC refused to entertain PhonePe's plea saying that multiple companies such as BharatPe are already using 'Pe' as a suffix with their names. The bench also reportedly observed that the original lawsuit between PhonePe and DigiPe is ready ...