Relx India Pvt Ltd. and Another Vs Eastern Book Company and Others

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA 23 Nov 2016 Civil Appeal Nos. 10245 of 2014. (2016) 11 SC CK 0118
Bench: Division Bench
Result Published
Acts Referenced

Judgement Snapshot

Case Number

Civil Appeal Nos. 10245 of 2014.

Hon'ble Bench

Ranjan Gogoi and N.V. Ramana, JJ.

Advocates

Ms. Pratibha Singh, Sr. Adv., Vikas Mehta, Rajat Sehgal, Ms. Priyanka Khimani, Advocates, for the Appellants; Rajeev Dutta, Sr. Adv., Awanish Sinha, S.K. Mohanty, Satya P. Sharan, K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv., Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Harshavardhan, Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Dhananjay Bhaskar Roy, Raj Shekhar Rao, Advocates, for the Respondents

Final Decision

Disposed Of

Acts Referred
  • Copyright Act, 1957 - Section 52(q)

Judgement Text

Translate:

@JUDGMENTTAG-ORDER

1. After hearing the learned counsels for the parties the appeal is disposed of with the following directions:

2. The appellants will be at liberty to publish, sell and distribute the law judgments of the Supreme Court of India and other Courts obtained from whichever source along with their own head-notes, editorial notes, paraphrasing, explanatory notes, etc. as laid down in Eastern Book Company and others v. D.B. Modak and another, [(2008) 1 SCC 1].

3. We further direct the learned trial Court to expedite the trial and conclude the same as expeditiously as possible.

4. The appeal is disposed of in the above terms. Interim order, if any, shall stand vacated.

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