A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court against Italian fashion house Prada for its ...

A PIL has been filed in Bombay HC against Prada for allegedly copying GI-tagged Kolhapuri chappals in its ₹1.2 lakh sandal ...

Intellectual Property Rights advocate Ganesh S Hingemire filed the PIL on July 2, 2025.

The Italian luxury fashion brand featured the leather flat sandals (similar to Kolhapuri chappals), priced at approximately ...

The plea seeks court to issue direction to Prada Group and Prada India Fashion Private Limited to issue a public apology, ...

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court against Italian luxury brand Prada, accusing it of ...

The PIL claimed that while Prada privately accepted that its collection was inspired by Indian artisans, it has not issued ...

PIL filed against Prada for cultural appropriation of Kolhapuri chappal, seeking GI protection and artisan recognition in ...

Kolhapuri chappals go back to the 12th century Kolhapur in Maharashtra, where artisans painstakingly craft these open sandals out of leather. Both King Bijjala and his prime minister, Basavanna, have ...

An uproar over a shoe that resembles leather footwear worn by many Indians shows a growing sense that the country should be ...

Prada faced backlash for culturally appropriating the Indian Kolhapuri sandal. Here are lessons on business ethics and crisis ...

PIL filed against Prada for copying Kolhapuri Chappal design, seeking compensation and protection of Indian traditional ...