Delhi High Court imposes ₹1 lakh costs on 2 registrars from Trade Marks Controller General's office for concealing facts :
The Court said that the officers did not disclose complete facts despite appearing before it twice and their conduct appeared to be deliberate.
Justice Prathiba M Singh said that she was dismayed to record that the two officials did not inform the Court about complete facts despite appearing before it twice and that the said conduct is clearly unacceptable and appeared to be deliberate.
The Court was dealing with a batch of petitions challenging the decision of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) disallowing the petitioners from filing oppositions to the trademark applications, which each of them wished to oppose. Their applications were not entertained on the grounds that they were proposed to be filed beyond the time period of four months as prescribed under Section 21 of Trade Marks Act of 1999.
