I agree that this is a bad decision, but don't really think that the BJP needs a trademark - they are extremely well known.
OK, but this a .com, not a .in. The may not need a TM within India, but I'm sure worldwide there are plenty of commercial entities using this acronym (BJP isn't even a commercial entity). Of course the redirection of the domain to another political party was the only thing that gives legitimacy to this decision.
Both parties belonged to India, so imagine if Microsoft operated only in India but did not own Micorsoft.com, infact Microsoft.com was owned by some other Indian firm that redirected to Apple.com when Windows 7 launched. What do you think should be the verdict here?
Interesting, but it's suck decision. I guess now on nothing is secure from your owns domain. Be careful with it.
Assume both parties had TM for Microsoft, one deals in software and the other in Milk. But the owner of Microsoft.com who deals in Milk, occasionally redirects to Apple.com, but on other time has an under construction page. What do you think now.
only if ....Like I said before, the redirection of the domain to another political party was the only thing that gives legitimacy to this reassignation because it was considered (rightly) as bad faith, but if he had used the domain correctly, it would have been a totally unfair decision.