India, July 1 -- Intervening in the dispute over two warring groups of the Gandhi family over the popular ice-cream brand Vadilal, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday restrained the Ahmedabad branch of the family from interfering with the Mumbai branch's continued use of the Vadilal brand name for manufacturing, selling and distributing ice cream and juices in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana), as agreed in a March 1993 family settlement.

A single judge bench of justice Amit Borkar also restrained the Ahmedabad branch, which owns Vadilal International Pvt Ltd, from creating any third party rights or otherwise dealing with the purportedly exclusive rights of the Mumbai branch, which owns Vadilal Dai...