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Feb 08 1938 (PC)

RamnaraIn Trivedi Vs. Shib Kumar Tewary and anr.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1938Cal594

..... they now possess demands consider-able powers of adaptation and polishing, and i consider that the result is an original literary work within the meaning of section 1 of the copyright act, 1911. moreover even if the suggestion made by the defendant is correct that all that mahadeo has done is to take down the words as sung by ganga sahu, ..... they leave no doubt in my mind that i have to deal with a case of systematic and deli-berate piracy, in spite of the fact that sorothi ii contains chapters and materials not to be found in sorothi i.9. i hold it proved that defendant 2 was a party to the infringement complained of indeed i am by no ..... of evidence to show that either of these conditions is fulfilled and in these circumstances the question of passing off needs no further consideration. on the basis of infringement of copyright, the plaintiff is entitled to the following reliefs against both defendants : (1) the injunction asked for in para. (c) of the prayer to the plaint. (2) an order for .....

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Jul 01 2016 (HC)

Hindustan Unilever Limited Vs. Sushil Kumar Sitaldas Dhirani

Court : Kolkata

..... 2). person includes the registered proprietor and the registered user. section 62 of the copyright act: 62. (1) (2) jurisdiction of court over matters arising under this chapter.--every suit or other civil proceeding arising under this chapter in respect of the infringement of copyright in any work or the infringement of any other right conferred by this ..... act shall be instituted in the district court having jurisdiction. for the purpose of ..... company nor its branch office were at delhi and merely that the reseller sells its product neither fulfils the criterion enshrined under section 62 of the copyright act nor satisfies the conditions of section 20 of the code of civil procedure. the provision of section 20 of the code of civil procedure was .....

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Jun 15 1920 (PC)

Manindra Chandra Nandy and ors. Vs. Aswini Kumar Acharyya

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1921Cal185,60Ind.Cas.337

..... 20th february 1883 pigot, j., allowed costs on scale no. 3 in the suit of prinsep v. cranenburgh (suit no, 365 of 1882) for damages for infringement of copyright. it appears that the defense in that case completely collapsed and the decree was made practically by consent. on the 2nd march 1885 cunningham and wilson, jj., allowed costs ..... to hold that the award is excessive.7. finally, we have to consider the question of costs which have been allowed on scale no. 3. rule 93 of chapter xxx vi of the rules of court prescribes the fees allowed to the attorneys with reference to the importance and difficulty of the case, and lays down that, unless ..... for money or other valuable consideration, to use their position and influence to procure a benefit. an agreement of this character holds out an inducement to public officers to act with partiality or from corrupt motives or to bias them in the discharge of their official duties; such conduct, if tolerated, would sap the foundation on which official .....

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Feb 15 1957 (HC)

Bharat Glass Works (Private) Ltd. Vs. State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1957Cal347

..... controlled industry might come within that meaning where government has taken over direct management under section 18a and the other related sections contained in chapter iiia of the industries (d and r) act, 1951. that point does not specifically arise here and may be decided upon a future occasion. in the present case, it is ..... disputes is the state government. mr. sen gupta has drawn my attention to certain notifications which have been published in the gazette of india dated january 5, 1957. it appears that by notification no. s r. o. 68, the central government, in pursuance of sub-clause (1) of clause (a) of section ..... the right to exercise, a tremendous power of control over scheduled industries. that this is so cannot be denied. the act envisages the establishment and constitution of a central advisory council, and development councils. chapter iii deals with regulations of scheduled industries. the owner of every existing 'industrial undertaking', that is to say, undertakings to .....

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Mar 01 1957 (HC)

Lala Baijnath Prosad and ors. Vs. Nursingdas Guzrati

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1958Cal1,61CWN494

..... enforce the judgment, decree or order accrues to some person capable of realising the right'. the learned trial judge has pointed out that under rule 10 of chapter xvii of the rules of the original side of this court, an application for execution must in all cases be accompanied by a certified copy of the decree ..... 6th dacember. 1948. on the 9th september, 1935, the plaintiffs in the partition suit, together with baijnath, started a proceeding under the u. p. encumbered estates act and to that proceeding, the members of the banares branch were made parties. in 1946, the banares branch made two separate applications belore the special judge for injunctions ..... period of limitation. articles 182 and 183 should have been differently expressed : extensive researches were made in the literature relating to the passing of the successive limitation acts, but no indication of the reason was found. speculation can hardly be relied on for a correct answer, but i can think of two reasons. article 182 .....

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Mar 28 1957 (HC)

Dhirendra Nath Banerjee Vs. Jamini Kanta Mitra

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1958Cal163,1958CriLJ496

..... except upon the complaint of some person aggrieved thereby, subject to certain exceptions under which a liquidator cannot certainly come, is limited only to offences under chapter xix and chapter xxi of the indian penal code. in my view, no valid objection can be taken to the legality of the complaint on the ground that it ..... . banerjee is that the present proceedings are bad inasmuch as they have not been instituted by the liquidator himself as required by the provisions of the companies act. the argument is that the opposite party could not have been gladly authorised to prosecute the petitioner. there could not be any delegation of the authority to ..... suitable directions to prosecute, and yet the present proceedings were instituted without such prior order. reference is also made to some of the provisions of the companies act, 1956, and it is argued that they have not been complied with, and consequently the present proceedings pending against the petitioner are all liable to be quashed .....

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Nov 28 1957 (HC)

Premchand Khetry Vs. the State

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1958Cal213,1958CriLJ622,62CWN198

..... officer shall be deemed to be the officer in charge of such station.' 19. whether the provision in effect makes an investigation under the bengal excise act an investigation under chapter xiv of the code and whether section 74(4) makes the report submitted on the conclusion of such investigation a 'police report' for the purposes of ..... section 173(4), it is nevertheless clear that like sections 207a (3) and 207a (6), section 251a(1) contemplates that there has been an investigation under chapter xiv. otherwise, there could be no meaning in the section saying that the magistrate must satisfy himself that all the documents mentioned in section 173 have been furnished ..... they were entitled under the section and then, on a perusal of the police papers, framed charges against the accused as per the challan, fixing 16-4-1957 for evidence. on that date, before any prosecution witness could be examined, an objection was raised on behalf of the petitioner to the procedure that was being followed .....

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Jan 06 1958 (HC)

Basanta Kumar Roy Vs. Charu Chandra Pal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1958Cal543,62CWN132

..... not and cannot be deemed to have; the appellant is not however, without a remedy. if his apprehensions are well founded, he may institute proceedings under part vi chapter vi of the companies act, 1956, for appropriate reliefs.18. the case reported in (s) : air1955mad486 (b), is almost similar to the present case. we respectfully agree with the following observations of balkrishna ..... the profits declared by the company as liable to be distributed among the share-holders. reliance is placed on behalf of the appellant on a passage in buckley's companies act (12th ed page 894) where the etymological meaning of dividend is given as dividendum, the total divisible sum but in its ordinary sense it means the sum paid and received .....

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Jan 15 1958 (HC)

Chhotka Vs. the State

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1958Cal482,1958CriLJ1170

..... for ourselves whether the guilt of the accused has been established beyond all doubt.32. indeed, the provisions of section 374 and the succeeding sections contained in chapter xxvii of the code are instructive. section 374 provides that when a court of session passes a sentence of death the proceedings shall be submitted to the high ..... not, in our view, of such importance as to have improperly influenced the jury against the accused appellant. in any event, section 167 of the evidence act provides that improper admission of evidence shall not be ground of itself for reversal of any decision in any case provided the court is satisfied that independently of the ..... not, in the circumstances disclosed, be treated as substantive evidence for all purposes inasmuch as they had been admitted without the provisions of section 145 of the evidence act having been complied with. it appears, however, that the statements were admitted at the instance of the defence although it is by no means clear from the .....

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Feb 28 1958 (HC)

Sk. Osman Gani Vs. Baramdeo Singh and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1959Cal145,1959CriLJ311,63CWN181

..... and which is pending on that date, and every such inquiry or trial shall be continued and disposed of as if this act had not been passed; (d) the provisions of chapter xxiii of the principal act as amended by this act shall not apply to, or affect, any trial before a court of session either by jury or with the aid of ..... question is to apply to orders final at the date when it came into force, it must be clearly so provided.'in garikapati veeraya v. n. subbiah choudhry, (s) : [1957]1scr488 , the supreme court on an examination of a number of authorities deduced the following principles :(1) 'the legal pursuit of a remedy, suit, appeal and second appeal are really ..... of the allahabad high court in malkhan singh v. emperor : air1945all226 and n.k. sen j. in (nanda lal das v. benoy kumar das cri. revn. no. 1080 of 1957 cal (j), unreported) of this court.17. this petition in revision therefore succeeds. it is ordered that the order passed by the learned magistrate under section 522(1) of the .....

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