F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland ... vs Cipla Ltd., Mumbai Central, Mumbai on 7 September, 2012
15. We thus clarify that the observations in paragraph 27 would
effectively mean that whether or not there was a suppression of a material
fact would be determined after the pleadings are completed and the
necessary documents filed and that for the purposes of grant of an ad-
interim injunction (as distinct from an interim injunction), as the
pleadings were available before the learned Single Judge, he was of the
opinion that at said stage it could not be conclusively opined whether
there was a concealment of a material fact and thus the learned Single
Judge proceeded on the assumption that as of said date he would not treat
it to be a case of suppression of a material fact. This would obviously
mean that the observations by the learned Single Judge in paragraph 26
concerning applicability of the decision of the Division Bench reported as
2009 (40) PTC 125 F.Hoffmann - LA Roche Ltd. & Anr. Vs. Cipla Ltd.
would not be treated as a final opinion that law declared in said decision
is not applicable to the facts of the case, for the obvious reason this issue,
as noted hereinbefore, would need an adjudication after pleadings are
completed.