Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
SC Refers Section 134 TM Act vs Commercial Courts Act Conflict to Larger Bench | Jharkhand Civil Judge as Commercial Court : SC
The Supreme Court referred to a Larger Bench the question whether Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, which mandates infringement suits before a District Court, is rendered ineffective by Jharkhand’s notification treating Civil Judge (Senior Division) as a Commercial Court, and stayed the suit, affecting trademark litigants and clarifying IP-commercial court jurisdiction.