- Case number
- CMA(PT) 22/2024
- Court
- Madras High Court
- Date of judgment
- Judge
- Abdul Quddhose
- Outcome
- Remanded
Headnote
A refusal for want of inventive step was quashed as a cryptic, copy-pasted and non-speaking order passed in violation of natural justice. No reasons were given for how any of the three cited documents applied to the claimed invention. The appellant proved the pattern by filing other orders of the same Controller showing verbatim reproduction of the same reasoning, together with Delhi High Court orders quashing that officer's orders on the same ground.
Disposition
Impugned order quashed on three grounds: violation of natural justice, non-speaking order, and copy-pasted order. Matter remanded for fresh consideration on merits.
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