Vikas Sharma

Section 28(4)–(11) of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: registration of agents and licensees, entitlement disputes, their right to sue, and variation or cancellation of the terms of registration3 Oct 2026 Sections 27 and 28(1)–(3) of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: deposit of seed in the National Gene Bank and the exclusive right to produce, sell, market, distribute, import or export3 Oct 2026 Sections 25 and 26 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: publication of registered varieties and how benefit sharing is claimed, opposed, decided, deposited and recovered3 Oct 2026 Section 24 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: certificate of registration, abandonment after twelve months, interim protection and the six, nine, fifteen and eighteen year periods3 Oct 2026 Section 23 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: registration of an essentially derived variety, the Authority's examination and the initial breeder's authorisation3 Oct 2026 Sections 20–22 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: acceptance or amendment of an application, advertisement, opposition within three months and the Registrar's decision3 Oct 2026 Section 19 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: seed to be made available with the application and the tests to be conducted3 Oct 2026 Section 18 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: form and contents of an application, the terminator-technology affidavit, passport data and the lawful-acquisition declaration3 Oct 2026 Section 16 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: who may apply for registration of a plant variety - breeders, successors, assignees, farmers, authorised persons and universities3 Oct 2026 Sections 15(4) and 17 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: when a variety denomination is refused, the compulsory single and distinct denomination, and why it cannot be a trade mark3 Oct 2026 Sections 14 and 15(1)–(3) of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: which varieties can be registered and the tests of novelty, distinctiveness, uniformity and stability3 Oct 2026 Sections 11–13 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: civil-court powers and costs, the Plant Varieties Registry, the Registrar-General and the National Register of Plant Varieties3 Oct 2026