law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
  35. Appearance of
  
  Registrar in legal proceedings.-
  1.  The
  
  Registrar shall have the right to appear and be heard-
  a.   in any legal
  
  proceedings before the Appellate Board in which the relief sought includes
  
  alteration or rectification of the register or in which any question relating
  
  to the practice of the Geographical Indications Registry is raised;
  b.   in any appeal to the
  
  Board from an order of the Registrar on an application for registration of a
  
  geographical indication or authorised user-
   
  
   i.  
  
    which
  
  is not opposed, and the application is either refused by the Registrar or is
  
  accepted by him subject to any amendments, modifications, conditions or
  
  limitations, or
   
  
   ii.  
  
    which
  
  has been opposed and the Registrar considers that his appearance is necessary
  
  in the public interest, and the Registrar shall appear in any case if so
  
  directed by the Board.
  1.  
  2.  Unless
  
  the Appellate Board otherwise directs, the Registrar may, in lieu of appearing,
  
  submit a statement in writing signed by him, giving such particulars as he
  
  thinks proper of the proceedings before him relating to the matter in issue or
  
  of the grounds of any decision given by him affecting it, or of the practice of
  
  the Geographical Indications Registry in like cases, or of other matters
  
  relevant to the issues and within his knowledge as Registrar, and such
  
  statement shall be evidence in the proceeding.