1. The Hon'ble the Chief Justice M/s. Aditi Manufacturing Company, the fourth respondent in the main writ petitions, seeks to assail the territorial jurisdiction of this Court invoked by the original writ petitioner Mr. Bharat Bhogilal Patel in filing the writ petitions assailing the order passed by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). It is in view thereof that arguments were addressed by both the sides confined to this issue, i.e. the preliminary aspect to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court, the fate of which would in turn, be material before the Court examines the merits of the impugned order. For the sake of convenience, the parties are described as per their rankings in MP No. 3 of 2012.

2. The first respondent, being the original writ petitioner, filed Patent Applications on 21.9.1998 in respect of 'A