Case Comment: Asian Paints Limited Vs Ram Babu (2025 INSC 828)
- IJLLR Journal
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
Navneet Pal, Invertis University Bareilly
ABSTRACT
Can a corporate body be recognized as the victim in the eyes of the law, or is there any other specific provision given in the CrPC? Who has the right to appeal when a corporate entity whose intellectual property rights have been violated, or is it exercised by somebody else? These long-overlooked questions have been addressed and have reshaped the criminal jurisprudence with corporate participation. This case comment evolves with factual, legal and jurisprudential far-reaching implications where the union of criminal law and intellectual property law intersects. In the case of Asian Paints Limited vs Ram Babu, how Supreme Court redefined the meaning of the victim as given in the 2(wa) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and upheld the right to appeal for corporate entities under the proviso to Section 372 CrPC. The Judgement highlights transformative questions, recognizes reputational harm and harmonizes criminal procedure with commercial realities where corporate rights are inclusive of interpretation of victimology.
Keywords: Corporate victim, CrPC Appeal, section 372, section 2(wa), Intellectual property, counterfeiting, criminal Justice and victim rights.
