law: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
  Chapter VII
  
  Compulsory Licence
  47. Power of
  
  Authority to make order for compulsory licence in certain circumstances.-
  1.  At
  
  any time, after the expiry of three years from the date of issue of a
  
  certificate of registration of a variety, any person interested may make an
  
  application to he Authority alleging that the reasonable requirements of the
  
  public for seed or other propagating material of the variety have not been
  
  satisfied or that the seed or other propagating material of the variety is not
  
  available to the public at a reasonab e price and pray for the grant of a
  
  compulsory licence to undertake production, distribution and sale of the seed
  
  or other propagating material of that variety.
  2.  Every
  
  application under sub-section (1) shall contain a statement of the nature of
  
  the applicant's interest together with such particulars as may be prescribed
  
  and the facts upon which the application is based.
  3.  The
  
  Authority, after consultation with the Central Government, and if satisfied
  
  after giving an opportunity to the breeder of such variety to file opposition
  
  and after hearing the parties, on the issue that the reasonable requirements of
  
  the public with respect to the variety have not been satisfied or that the seed
  
  or other propagating material of the variety is not available to the public at
  
  a reasonable price, may order such breeder to grant a licence to the applicant
  
  upon such terms and condition as it may deem fit and send a copy of such order
  
  to the Registrar to register the title of such applicant as licensee under
  
  sub-section (4) of section 28 on payment of such fees by the applicant as is
  
  referred to in that sub-section.