Patents of Addition under Patents Act, 1970, Meaning, term and validity

This article has been written by Ms Panya Sethi, a third year BBA.LLB student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida.” INTRODUCTION The Ayyangar Committee Report from 1959 served as the basis for “the Patents Act of 1970”. The country’s patent system was controlled by a report titled “Revision of the Patents Law.” The principal Patent Act…

Arbitral Tribunal Appointment Procedure

This article has been written by Suhani Singh, a student studying B.A.LLB[H.] from Terrthanker Mahaveer College of Law and Legal Studies, Moradabad. The author is a 3rd year law student. Introduction Arbitrator and arbitration tribunal are synonyms for the same authority, individual, or group of individuals. According to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996,…

Defamation

This article has been written by Manaswini Vakulabharanam, a student studying BA.LLB from Pendekanti law college, Hyderabad.  The author is a second-year student.      Defamation is injury to the reputation of a person.  A man’s reputation is his property, and is possibly more valuable than his physical property.  Defamation usually involves the publication without justification of…

Powers of Lok Adalat

This article was authored by Ms Sejal Dhakad, an Indian Institute of Management Rohtak first-year BBA LLB student. What is Lok Adalat? Lok Adalats are held by NALSA and other Legal Services Institutions. One of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR)   processes is Lok Adalat, a forum for the amicable resolution of legal issues and…