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Assignee of a policy holder would be liable for deficiency in service if an insurance policy lapsed as a result of non-payment of premium in time, the National Consumer Commission has held. The apex consumer body held the Employment Provident Fund Commissioner (EPFC) responsible for deficient service for failing to deposit the premium of a policy holder to the LIC in time, which led to repudiation of claim by the company. Full Article

However, in view of the fact that the agreement has been accepted as genuine in the hands of one of the parties and economic consequences have also occurred because the assignee has made the payment to the Government, the transaction is necessarily be treated as genuine one, and for this reason, we do not wish to deliberate much on the various contentions raised by the assessee in this regard. Accordingly, we accept ground No. 5 & 7 of the assessee and ground No. 6, bein.. Full Article

A Patent confers the exclusive right on the Patentee to make, distribute or sell the invention in India. This exclusive right is for 20 years. After 20 years, that invention becomes a public Domain. An infringement would be when any of three rights is violated. A Patentee may assign/ license all or some of these rights. The exercise of the rights so transferred in favors of the assignee or the licensee by the assignor or the licensor would not amount to infringement of .. Full Article