2021 Supreme(Del) 1039
RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW, AMIT BANSAL
Astrazeneca Ab – Appellant
Versus
Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. – Respondent
Advocates appeared:
Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Mr. Siddhant Chamola, Mr. Rohin Koolwal and Mr. Souradeep Mukhopadhyay, Advs, for the Appellants; Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Bitika Sharma, Mr. Adarsh Ramanujan, Ms. Nitya Sharma, Mr. Devanshu Khanna, Ms. Vrinda Pathak and Mr. Vikram Singh Dalal, Advs, for the Respondent & FAO(OS) (COMM) 155/2020 & CMs No.30695/2020 (for placing on record additional documents), 30696/2020 (for exemption) & 30697/2020 (for stay); Mr. S. Majumdar, Mr. Dominic Alvares, Mr. Afzal B. Khan and Mr. Samik Mukherjee, Advs, for the Respondent in FAO(OS) (Comm) 161/2020 & CMs No. 30713/2020 (for placing on record additional documents), 30714/2020 (for exemption) & 30715/2020 (for stay); Mr. Adarsh Ramanujan, Ms. Bitika Sharma, Ms. Nitya Sharma, Mr. Devanshu Khanna, Ms. Vrinda Pathak and Mr. Vikram Singh Dalai, Advs, for the Respondent in FAO(OS) (COMM) 140/2020 & CMs No. 28072/2020 (for placing on record additional documents) & 28074/2020 (for stay); Ms. Rajeshwari H. and Mr. Tahir A.J, Advs, for the Respondent in FAO(OS) (COMM) 156/2020 & CMs No.30698/2020 (for placing on record additional documents), 30699/2020 (for exemption) & 30700/2020 (for stay); Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Mr. Guru Natraj, Mr. Avinash K. Sharma and Mr. Ankur Vyas, Advs, for the Respondent in FAO(OS) (Comm) 157/2020 & CMs No. 30701/2020 (for placing on record additional documents), 30702/2020 (for exemption), 30703/2020 (for stay) & 1153/2021 (of Shiv Shivam Pharma & Ors. for intervention); Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. S. Majumdar, Mr. Dominic Alvares, Mr. Afzal B. Khan and Mr.Samik Mukherjee, Advs, for the Respondent in FAO(OS) (COMM) 158/2020 & CMs No.30704/2020 (for placing on record additional documents), 30705/2020 (for exemption) & 30706/2020 (for stay); Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Mr. Guru Natraj, Mr. Avinash K. Sharma and Mr. Ankur Vyas, Advs, for the Respondent in FAO(OS) (COMM) 159/2020 & CMs No. 30707/2020 (for placing on record additional documents), 30708/2020 (for exemption) & 30709/2020 (for stay) & FAO(OS) (COMM) 160/2020 & CMs No. 30710/2020 (for placing on record additional documents), 30711/2020 (for exemption) & 30712/2020 (for stay)
JUDGMENT
Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. - All these nine appeals, under Section 13(1A) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 read with Order XLIII Rule 1(r) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), impugn the orders/judgments of denial of interim relief, in suits instituted by the appellants/plaintiffs i.e. (i) AstraZeneca AB, Sweden and (ii) AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. against the respondent(s)/defendant(s) in each of the appeals, for permanent injunction restraining infringement of patent and for ancillary reliefs.
2. FAO(OS)(COMM) 139/2020 and FAO(OS)(COMM) 140/2020 impugn the common order/judgment dated 2nd November, 2020 in CS(COMM) No.410/2020 and in CS(COMM) No.411/2020 filed by the appellants/plaintiffs against Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Alkem Laboratories Ltd. respectively.
3. FAO(OS)(COMM) 155/2020, FAO(OS)(COMM) 156/2020, FAO(OS)(COMM) 157/2020, FAO(OS)(COMM) 158/2020, FAO(OS)(COMM) 159/2020, FAO(OS)(COMM) 160/2020 and FAO(OS)(COMM) 161/2020 impugn the common order/judgment dated 18th November, 2020 in suits filed by the same appellants/plaintiffs, being (i) CS(COMM) No.323/2020 against Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; (ii) CS(COMM) No.346/2020 against Micro Labs Limited; (iii)
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