For breach of consent decree in a patent infringement suit: Defendant ordered for planting 1.4 lac trees
In continuation of the changed approach towards calculation and implication of costs by the Courts, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has, in the matter of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. & Anr. versus Abhaykumar Deepak & Anr., imposed on the Respondents cost of Rs 80 Lac and has directed that the said cost is to be expended towards plantation of 1.4 Lacs trees on the Central Ridge to maintain the air quality of NCT Delhi. The Petitioner in the...