2012 (2) TMI 446

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....or the Respondents : Jaya Prakash Narayanan, Additional Government Pleader, ORDER :- M. JAICHANDREN J.-Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. Since, the facts and the circumstances arising for consideration in both the above writ petitions are the same, a common order is passed. 3.....

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.... Nadu. As such, there has been no impediment in the transportation of the goods to other States, in the past. However, the third respondent and the fourth respondents are restraining the petitioners from transporting the old empty beer and brandy bottles to the other States, for the reason that the bottles, which are now being transported have been designed by certain distilleries and that the des....

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....es belonging to the petitioners, which are carrying empty bottles to other States, without the authority of law. The first information reports have been filed before the police, under section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, read with section 22(1) of the Designs Act, 2000, arbitrarily and illegally, causing irreparable financial loss and mental agony to the petitioners. The act of the respondents 3 ....

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....therwise, it is for the petitioners to show cause, if and when they are asked to do so, as to how they are entitled to transport the empty beer and brandy bottles to other States, when there are rival claims made by the third parties, relating to infringement of the provisions of the Designs Act, 2000. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents had also submitted that a general pra....