Earlier this year, Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw made a concluding remark on the “non-essential verbosity” of a plaintiff in a civil dispute [Nikita Gupta v. Alok Gupta (May 21, 2019)].
He observed that the plaint filed therein was a classic textbook case of how not to draft a plaint, which he felt should have been taught in law schools.
Justice Endlaw has raised similar concerns in the past even in IP cases. In Vifor (International) v. Suven Life Sciences Ltd., decided in March this year, he had remarked that the effort to expedite, endeavoured by the Commercial Courts Act, must be not only by the courts, but also by other stakeholders such as litigants and counsel.
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Latha Nair
Latha Nair is a Partner with K&S Partners and has over 27 years of experience in the domains of copyright, trademark, and geographic indications.