Tata Steel Limited v. The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, IPDPTA 48/2023

Case number

IPDPTA 48/2023

Court

Calcutta High Court

Date of judgment

1 May 2023

Judge

Ravi Krishan Kapur

Outcome

Set aside

Headnote

The refusal recorded in consecutive sentences that the Controller was not satisfied the objections still stand and that all objections were outstanding, and gave no reasons at all. Counsel for the Office fairly conceded as much. Reasons are the soul of any order passed by a judicial or quasi judicial authority.

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Disposition

Allowed. Order of refusal set aside.

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