law: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
  21. Advertisement of
  
  application.-
  1.  Where
  
  an application for registration of a variety has been accepted absolutely or
  
  subject to conditions or limitations under sub-section (1) of section 20, the
  
  Registrar shall, as soon as after its acceptance, cause such application
  
  together with the conditions or limitations, if any, subject to which it has
  
  been accepted and the specifications of the variety for registration of which
  
  such application is made including its photographs or drawings, to be
  
  advertised i the prescribed manner calling objections from the persons
  
  interested in the matter.
  2.  Any
  
  person may, within three months from the date of the advertisement of an
  
  application for registration on payment of the prescribed fees, give notice in
  
  writing in the prescribed manner, to the Registrar of his opposition to the
  
  registration.
  3.  Opposition
  
  to the registration under sub-section (2) may be made on any of the following
  
  grounds, namely:-
  a.   that the person
  
  opposing the application is entitled to the breeder's right as against the
  
  applicant; or
  b.   that the variety is
  
  not registerable under this Act; or
  c.   that the grant of
  
  certificate of registration may not be in public interest; or
  d.   that the variety may
  
  have adverse effect on the environment.
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
  4.    The
  
  Registrar shall serve a copy of the notice of opposition on the applicant for
  
  registration and, within two months from the receipt by the applicant of such
  
  copy of the notice of opposition, the counter-statement of the grounds on which
  
  he relies for his application, and if he does not do so, he shall be deemed to
  
  have abandoned his application. applicant shall send to the Registrar in the
  
  prescribed manner
  5.  If
  
  the applicant sends such counter-statement, the Registrar shall serve a copy
  
  thereof on the person giving notice of opposition.
  6. 
  
    Any
  
  evidence upon which the opponent and the applicant may rely shall be submitted,
  
  in the manner prescribed and within the time prescribed, to the Registrar and
  
  the Registrar shall give an opportunity to them to be heard, if so desired.
  7. 
  
    The
  
  Registrar shall, after hearing the parties, if so required, and considering the
  
  evidence, decide whether and subject to what conditions or limitations, if any,
  
  the registration is to be permitted and may take into account a ground of
  
  objection whether relied upon by the opponent or not.
  8. 
  
    Where
  
  a person giving notice of opposition or an applicant sending a
  
  counter-statement after receipt of a copy of such notice neither resides nor
  
  carries on business in India, the Registrar may require him to give security
  
  for the cost of proceedings before him and in default of such security being
  
  duly given may treat the opposition or application, as the case may be, as
  
  abandoned.
  9. 
  
    The
  
  Registrar may, on request, permit correction of any error in, or any amendment
  
  of, a notice of opposition or a counter-statement on such terms as he may think
  
  fit.