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No Declaration Required: What the Delhi High Court’s ZARA v. ZORA Ruling Means for Section 11(2)

A formal declaration, the Court holds, is not necessary to invoke Section 11(2). If well-known status can be established through individual proceedings, what happens to the certainty that Rule 124 was meant to provide?

No Declaration Required: What the Delhi High Court’s ZARA v. ZORA Ruling Means for Section 11(2)

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A formal declaration, the Court holds, is not necessary to invoke Section 11(2).

If well-known status can be established through individual proceedings, what happens to the certainty that Rule 124 was meant to provide?

ZORA ruling settles one question while leaving another lurking beneath it.

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A formal declaration, the Court holds, is not necessary to invoke Section 11(2). If well-known status can be established through individual proceedings, what happens to the certainty that Rule 124 was meant to provide? ZORA ruling settles one question while leaving another lurking beneath it.

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ZORA ruling settles one question while leaving another lurking beneath it. Harjas Singh Gulati writes on this development below. Harjas is a Trainee Associate at ALG India Law Offices LLP.

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