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Farmer’s Rights with Special Reference to Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
INTELLECTUAL PROPEERTY LAW PROJECT REPORT ON
FARMER’S RIGHTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS ' RIGHTS ACT, 2001

RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW,
PUNJAB
SUBMITTED IN partial fulfilment of
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) FIFTH semester on
25TH APRIL, 2012 Submitted to: Submitted by- GROUP VII MS. GEETIKA WALIA SHELLY MITTAL (503) (ASSISSTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW) DIVYA SINGLA (523) KRISHNAVEER SINGH (553) ADVITIYA AWASTHI (543) CHIRAG PARIHAR (567) CERTIFICATE This project is purely based on the bonafide research work carried out under the guidance and supervision of Ms. Geetika Walia, the same has not been submitted anywhere for any purposes whatsoever.

Ms. Shelly Mittal (503) Ms. Divya Singla (523) Mr. Krishnaveer Singh Rajawat (553) Mr. Advitiya Awasthi (543) Mr. Chirag Parihar (567)

RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB
Patiala (Punjab)
Date: _________

Ms. Geetika Walia
SUPERVISOR’S CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the Project Paper Entitled: Farmer’s Right With Special Reference to Plant Varieties Act, 2001 submitted to Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Paper-III of the B.A.LL.B (Hons.), sixth semester, is carried out by: Ms. Shelly Mittal Ms. Divya Singla Mr. Krishnaveer Singh Rajawat Mr. Advitiya Awasthi Mr. Chirag Parihar

under my supervision and guidance. It is further



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