https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151088 A writ petition under Article 226 can be maintained against a show-cause notice where the impugned action is alleged to be wholly without jurisdiction, because the alternative-remedy rule is one of discretion and policy, not an absolute bar. In trade mark rectification matters under the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, the authority before which the relevant proceeding is already pending alone functions as the Tribunal for that matter. Where related proceedings were pending before the High Court, the Registrar could not independently invoke suo motu power to issue a rectification notice, and the notice was liable to be quashed. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151088 A writ petition under Article 226 can be maintained against a show-cause notice where the impugned action is alleged to be wholly without jurisdiction, because the alternative-remedy rule is one of discretion and policy, not an absolute bar. In trade mark rectification matters under the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, the authority before which the relevant proceeding is already pending alone functions as the Tribunal for that matter. Where related proceedings were pending before the High Court, the Registrar could not independently invoke suo motu power to issue a rectification notice, and the notice was liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=151088