NOVARTIS AG vs CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16th September, 2025 W.P.(C)-IPD 50/2025 & CM 209-210/2025 NOVARTIS AG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Jha, Mr. Siddhant Sharma and Mr. Abhay Tandon, Advs. versus CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Om Ram and Mr. Mayank Sansanwal, Advocates for R-1 Mr. C. A. Sundaram, Sr. Advocate and Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. S. Majumdar, Mr. Afzal B Khan, Mr. Samik Mukherjee, Ms. Amrita Majumdar, Mr. Dominic Alvares, Ms. Manya Jain, Ms. Rohini Musa and Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Advocates for R-2 W.P.(C)-IPD 51/2025 & CM 211-212/2025 NOVARTIS AG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Jha, Mr. Siddhant Sharma and Mr. Abhay Tandon, Advs. versus CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. 1. The issues arising for consideration in the present writ petitions are identical. The Petitioner is the holder of Indian Patent No. 414518 [IN’518], 2. For ease of reference, the facts of W.P.(C)-IPD No. 50/2025 are being referred to. 3. The present writ petition has been filed by the Petitio