The court hearing addressed a writ petition regarding a public notice issued by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks extending deadlines for intellectual property applications during the COVID-19 lockdown. The court ruled that the public notice was contrary to a Supreme Court order by setting the limitation period start date as March 25th instead of March 15th. It also found the notice set an unreasonable deadline of May 18th for filings. As a result, the court suspended the public notice and clarified the respondents must follow the Supreme Court order to protect limitation periods starting from March 15th.