RIGHT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY TO ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL REGIME AND INDIAN COPYRIGHT LAW The visually impaired must negotiate substantial barriers in accessing the books. Despite availability of a variety of accessible media ranging from Braille and large print editions to simple and complex…
M.D. Chamarbaughwala v. Union of India FACTS: Whether the definition of ‘prize competition’ in the Prize Competition Act, 1955 includes: competitions in which success depends on chance competitions in which success depends on substantial degree of skill The Act further stated that to promote and conduct these prize competitions exceeding…
With the advent of technology many laws needed amendment and hence the IT Act which was brought into force in 2000 and amended several times after with its latest amendment in 2009 has affected and modified many other general laws or supplemented them. The IT Act affects The Indian Contract…
SHREYA SINGHAL VS. UNION OF INDIA Section 66(A) of the Information Technology (IT) Act, which criminalizes “causing annoyance or inconvenience” online or electronically, is violated the fundamental right to freedom of expression, under article 19(1)(a) of Constitution of India was held by Supreme Court of India in the month of…
It is the modification of the literal rule of interpretation. The literal rule emphasises on the literal meaning of legal words or words used in the legal context which may often lead to ambiguity and absurdity. The golden rule tries to avoid anomalous and absurd consequences from arising from literal…
