Title : Controllers to Be Public Servants
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
All Controllers appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Controller to Refuse or Require Amended Applications, Etc., in Certain Case
State : Central
Year : 1970
1[15. Power of Controller to refuse or require amended applications, etc., in certain cases Where the Controller is satisfied that the application or any specification or any other document filed in pursuance thereof does not comply with the requirements of this Act or of any rules made thereunder, the Controller may refuse the application or may require the application, specification or the other documents, as the case may be, to be amended to his satisfaction before he proceeds with the application and refuse the application on failure to do so."]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Patents Amendment Act (15 of 2005) for the words: *[15. Power of Controller to refuse or require amended applications in certain cases.-Where the Controller is satisfied that the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Authority to Appoint Additional Directors
State : Central
Year : 1938
1[34C. Power of2[Authority] to appoint additional directors ( 1 ) If the2[ Authority] is of opinion that in the public interest or in the interest of an insurer, or hi s policy-holders it is necessary so to do,3[ it] may, from time, to time, by order in writing, appoint, with effect from such date as may be specified in the order, one or more persons to hold office as additional directors of the insurer: Provided that the number of additional directors so appointed shall not, at any time, exceed five or one-third of the maximum strength fixed for the B oard by the articles of association of the insurer, whichever is less. ( 2 ) Any person appointed as additional director in pursuance of this section, -- (a) shall hold office during the pleasure of the2[ Authority], and subject..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers and Duties of Controller
State : Central
Year : 2000
Subject to any rules in this behalf, the Controller in any proceedings before him under this Act shall have the powers of a civil court for the purpose of receiving evidence, administering oaths, enforcing the attendance of witnesses, compelling the discovery and production of documents, issuing commissions for the examining of witnesses and awarding costs and such award shall be executable in any court having jurisdiction as if it were a decree of that court. Section 33 - Exercise of discretionary power by Controller Where any discretionary power is by or under this Act given to the Controller, he shall not exercise that power adversely to the applicant for registration of a design without (if so required within the prescribed time by the applicant) giving the applicant an..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers of Controller in Cases of Anticipation
State : Central
Year : 1970
(1) Where it appears to the Controller that the invention so far as claimed in any claim of the complete specification has been anticipated in the manner referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (I) or sub-section (2) of section 13, he may refuse1[the application] unless the applicant- (a) shows to the satisfaction of the Controller that the priority date of the claim of his complete specification is not later than the date on which the relevant document was published; or (b) amends his complete specification to the satisfaction of the Controller. (2) If it appears to the Controller that the invention is claimed in a claim of any other complete specification referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (I) of section 13, he may, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, direct..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : In Cases of "obtaining" Controller May Treat the Patent as the Patent of Opponent
State : Central
Year : 1970
1[Section 26 - In cases of "obtaining" Controller may treat the patent as the patent of opponent (1) Where in any opposition proceeding under this Act the Controller finds that- (a) the invention, so far as claimed in any claim of the complete specification, was obtained from the opponent in the manner set out in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 25 and revokes the patent on that ground, he may, on request by such opponent made in the prescribed manner, direct that the patent shall stand amended in the name of the opponent; (b) a part of an invention described in the complete specification was so obtained from the opponent, he may pass an order requiring that the specification be amended by the exclusion of that part of the invention. (2) Where an opponent has, before the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Term of Patents of Addition
State : Central
Year : 1970
(1) A patent of addition shall be granted for a term equal to that of the patent for the main invention, or so much thereof as has not expired, and shall remain in force during that term or until the previous cesser of the patent for the main invention and no longer: Provided that if the patent for the main invention is revoked under this Act, the court, or, as the case may be, the Controller, on request made to him by the patentee in the prescribed manner, may order that the patent of addition shall become an independent patent for the remainder of the term for the patent for the main invention and thereupon the patent shall continue in force as an independent patent accordingly. (2) No renewal fees shall be payable in respect of a patent of addition, but, if any such patent..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Amendment of Application and Specification Before Controller
State : Central
Year : 1970
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 59, the Controller may, upon application made under this section in the prescribed manner by an applicant for a patent or by a patentee, allow the application for the patent or the complete specification 1 [or any document related thereto] to be amended subject to such conditions, if any, as the Controller thinks fit: Provided that the Controller shall not pass any order allowing or refusing an application to amend an application for a patent or a specification 1 [or any document related thereto] under this section while any suit before a court for the infringement of the patent or any proceeding before the High Court for the revocation of the patent is pending, whether the suit or proceeding commenced before or after the filing of the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appearance of Controller in Legal Proceedings
State : Central
Year : 1970
(1) The Controller shall have the right to appear and be heard (a) in any legal proceedings before the Appellate Board in which the relief sought includes alteration or rectification of the register or in which any question relating to the practice of the patent office is raised; (b) in any appeal to the Appellate Board from an order of the Controller on an application for grant to a patent (i) which is not opposed, and the application is either refused by the Controller or is accepted by him subject to any amendments, modifications, conditions or limitations, or (ii) which has been opposed and the Controller considers that his appearance is necessary in the public interest,and the Controller shall appear in any case if so directed by the Appellate Board. (2) Unless the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of the Controller to Enforce the Provisions of This Chapter
State : Central
Year : 1932
(1) Where the Controller, on information obtained from any source and after such inquiry as he may think fit and after giving the employer concerned an opportunity to be heard, is of opinion that an emigrant labourer is entitled to repatriation under any of the provisions of this Chapter, or is entitled to the payment of any sum of money under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 13, the Controller may direct the employer concerned to despatch such labourer and his family or to pay him the sum of money within such period as the Controller may fix. (2) If the employer fails to comply with such direction, the Controller may repatriate the labourer and his family or pay him the sum of money out of any funds at the Controller's disposal, and shall recover the costs incurred from..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section