The document discusses copyright protections for legal publications. It references a 2008 Supreme Court of India case that established that the text of legal judgments published is protected by copyright law. The publisher holds copyright over the exact text and layout of the judgment as published in their volumes. The judgment clarified that while the principles and rationes decidendi of a ruling cannot be copyrighted, the precise text and formatting of the published version is protected.
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Narinderjit Singh Sahni v. Union of Indi ..., (2002) 2 SCC 210[1]
The document discusses copyright protections for legal publications. It references a 2008 Supreme Court of India case that established that the text of legal judgments published is protected by copyright law. The publisher holds copyright over the exact text and layout of the judgment as published in their volumes. The judgment clarified that while the principles and rationes decidendi of a ruling cannot be copyrighted, the precise text and formatting of the published version is protected.
The document discusses copyright protections for legal publications. It references a 2008 Supreme Court of India case that established that the text of legal judgments published is protected by copyright law. The publisher holds copyright over the exact text and layout of the judgment as published in their volumes. The judgment clarified that while the principles and rationes decidendi of a ruling cannot be copyrighted, the precise text and formatting of the published version is protected.