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Company Law · 3 Sep 2026

NCLT filing practice: pleadings to be printed on both sides; documents filed on the Bench’s direction must carry the order

Two NCLT circulars change how papers are filed before all Benches. From 3 September 2026 all pleadings are to be printed back-to-back. And by the circular of 25 August 2026, a document filed on the Bench’s direction must annex that order; a document filed without any direction will not be processed by the Registry.

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Trademark & IP · 31 Aug 2026

Trade Marks Registry holds Friday hearings till December 2026 to close oppositions that are settled or to be withdrawn

The Trade Marks Registry has begun a Special Disposal Drive for opposition proceedings where parties want to withdraw the application or opposition or have settled. Hearings are on every working Friday from 4 September till December 2026, in hybrid mode, taken up by the filing year of the trade mark application.

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Trademark & IP · 21 Aug 2026

Draft Trade Marks Manual: what counts as proof of prior use, and how a mark gets on the well-known list

The Trade Marks Registry’s draft Manual of Trade Marks — Practice & Procedure runs to seven chapters, from filing to renewal. Chapter 7 sorts user evidence into “primary” and “secondary” documents and sets out the well-known mark procedure under rule 124. It is a draft, not final practice.

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