{"id":70721,"date":"2021-04-06T16:46:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T11:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=70721"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:13:43","slug":"tribunals-reforms-ordinance-protection-plant-varieties-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/tribunals-reforms-ordinance-protection-plant-varieties-amendments\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunals Reforms Ordinance 2021 and amendments to the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

The President of India on the 4th<\/sup> of April 2021 promulgated the \u201cTHE TRIBUNALS REFORMS (RATIONALISATION AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ORDINANCE, 2021<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 With the passing of this ordinance, Tribunals set up under the Cinematograph Act, 1952, the Customs Act, 1962, the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers\u2019 Rights Act, 2001 and certain other Acts have now effectively been rendered defunct with immediate effect. <\/span><\/p>\n

Provided below is a table summarizing the changes introduced to the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001\u00a0<\/strong>by virtue of passing of this Ordinance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Section<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nChanges Introduced by Ordinance<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOld Section<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nNew Section<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 (d), (n), & (o)<\/span><\/td>\nclause (d), (n) & (o) of Section 2 omitted.<\/span><\/td>\nSection 2 (d) – Chairman” means the Chairman of the Tribunal<\/span>
\nSection 2(n) – Judicial Member” means a Member of the Tribunal appointed as such under sub-section\u00a0(1)<\/em>\u00a0of section 55 and includes the Chairman;<\/span>
\nSection 2(o) – Member” means a Judicial Member or a Technical member of the Tribunal and includes the Chairman;<\/span><\/td>\n		Section 2 (d) – Omitted<\/span>
\nSection 2(n) – Omitted<\/span>
\nSection 2(o) – Omitted<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2(q)<\/span><\/td>\nSubstitution of “prescribed” under Section 2(q)<\/span><\/td>\n“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;<\/span><\/td>\n“prescribed” means<\/span>
\n(A) in relation to proceedings before a High Court, prescribed by rules made by the High Court; and<\/span>
\n(B) in other cases, prescribed by rules made under this Act;\u2019:<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02 (y) & (z)<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nclause (y) & (z) of section 2 omitted.<\/span><\/td>\n		Section\u00a0 2(y)<\/span>
\n“Tribunal” means the Plant Varieties Protection Appellate Tribunal established under section 54;<\/span>
\nSection 2(z) <\/span>
\n“Technical Member” means a Member of the Tribunal who is not a Judicial Member<\/span><\/td>\n		Section\u00a0 2(y) – Omitted.<\/span>
\nSection 2(z) – Omitted.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/span><\/td>\nthe words “or the tribunal” omitted.<\/span><\/td>\nSection 44 – A farmer or group of farmers or village community shall not be liable to pay any fees in any proceeding before the Authority or Registrar or the Tribunal<\/strong> or the High Court under this Act or the rules made thereunder.<\/span><\/td>\nSection 44 – A farmer or group of farmers or village community shall not be liable to pay any fees in any proceeding before the Authority or Registrar or the High Court under this Act or the rules made thereunder.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter VIII<\/span><\/td>\nSubstitution of<\/span>
\nChapter VIII heading, \u201cAPPEALS”<\/span><\/td>\n		Plant Variety Protection Appellate Tribunal<\/span><\/td>\nAPPEALS<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54 & 55<\/span><\/td>\nSections 54 and 55 omitted.<\/span><\/td>\nSection 54 -Tribunal & Section 55 -Composition of Tribunal<\/span><\/td>\nOmitted.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56(1)<\/span><\/td>\nSubstitution of the words “Tribunal” wherever they occur, with the \u201cHigh Court<\/u><\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nAn appeal shall be preferred to the Tribuna<\/u><\/strong>l within the prescribed period from any–<\/span><\/td>\nSection 56 (1) An appeal shall be preferred to the High Court<\/u><\/strong> within the prescribed period from any–<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56(3)<\/span><\/td>\nSection 56(3) omitted.<\/span><\/td>\nSection 56(3) – The Tribunal<\/u><\/strong> in disposing of an appeal under this section shall have the power to make any order which the Authority or the Registrar could make under this Act<\/span><\/td>\nOmitted.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/span><\/td>\nSubstituted<\/strong> the word “Tribunal” wherever it occurs, the words \u201c with the “High Court\u201d<\/span><\/td>\nSection 57 (1)The Tribunal<\/u><\/strong> may, after giving both the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit.<\/span>
\n(2) The Tribunal <\/u><\/strong>may, at any time within thirty days from the date of the order, with a view to rectifying the mistake apparent from the record, amend any order passed by it under sub-section\u00a0(1)<\/em>, and make such amendment if the mistake is brought to its notice by the appellant or the opposite party.<\/span>
\n(3) In every appeal, the Tribunal <\/u><\/strong>may, where it is possible, hear and decide such appeal within a period of one year from the date of filing of the appeal.<\/span>
\n(4) The Tribunal<\/u><\/strong> shall send a copy of any order passed under this section to the Registrar.<\/span><\/td>\n		Section 57 (1)The High Court <\/u><\/strong>may, after giving both the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit.<\/span>
\n(2) The High Court <\/u><\/strong>may, at any time within thirty days from the date of the order, with a view to rectifying the mistake apparent from the record, amend any order passed by it under sub-section\u00a0(1)<\/em>, and make such amendment if the mistake is brought to its notice by the appellant or the opposite party.<\/span>
\n(3) In every appeal, the High Court <\/u><\/strong>may, where it is possible, hear and decide such appeal within a period of one year from the date of filing of the appeal.<\/span>
\n(4) The High Court<\/u><\/strong> shall send a copy of any order passed under this section to the Registrar.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57(5)<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Section 57(5) omitted.<\/span><\/td>\nSection 57 (5)<\/span>
\nThe orders of the Tribunal under this Act shall be executable as a decree of a civil court<\/span><\/td>\n		Omitted.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58 & 59<\/span><\/td>\nSection 58 & 59 omitted.<\/span><\/td>\nSection 58 – Procedure of Tribunal<\/span>
\nSection 59 – Transitional provision<\/span><\/td>\n		Omitted.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0the words <\/span>“or the tribunal” <\/span>omitted.<\/span><\/td>\nBar in jurisdiction<\/span>
\n-No civil court shall have jurisdiction in respect of any matter which the Authority or the Registrar or the Tribunal is empowered by or under this Act to determine.<\/span><\/td>\n		Bar in jurisdiction<\/span>
\n-No civil court shall have jurisdiction in respect of any matter which the Authority or the Registrar is empowered by or under this Act to determine.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

Authored and compiled by Sanjana Rebecca<\/span>
\nSummer Intern and Student, 3rd Year, School of Law, Christ University<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Tribunals Reforms Ordinance 2021 has eliminated certain tribunals and reallocated their powers to the High Courts. Key amendments to the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act 2001 reflect this structural legal change, impacting the appellate process for plant variety protection cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":17,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,247],"tags":[11247,11248,9534,11249,10229,11246,4350],"class_list":["post-70721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-plant-varieties","tag-appellate-tribunal","tag-high-court-appeals","tag-indian-intellectual-property-law","tag-legal-amendments-india","tag-plant-breeders-rights","tag-protection-of-plant-varieties","tag-tribunals-reforms-ordinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141562,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70721\/revisions\/141562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}