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A suit is transferred to the High Court under section 22(4) of the Designs Act, 2000 or section 104 of…

The second proviso to s.7 provides that suits and applications transferred to the High Court under s.22(4) of the Designs Act, 2000 or s.104 of the Patents Act, 1970 "shall…

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A suit is transferred to the High Court under section 22(4) of the Designs Act, 2000 or section 104 of the Patents Act, 1970. Under the second proviso to Section 7 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, such suit shall be:

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The second proviso to s.7 provides that suits and applications transferred to the High Court under s.22(4) of the Designs Act, 2000 or s.104 of the Patents Act, 1970 "shall be heard and disposed of by the Commercial Division of the High Court" in all areas over which it exercises ordinary original civil jurisdiction. They are not heard on the regular civil side or sent back to a district Commercial Court, whatever their value.

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