Court : Delhi
Reported in : 1994IAD(Delhi)1; 1994(1)ARBLR156(Delhi); 53(1994)DLT166; 1994(28)DRJ286
..... i have brought to the counsel's attention to the provisions of press registration act section 18(14) of the press and registration of books act, 1867, clearly states that particulars of all books printed in india have to be filled-in the 'catalogue of books'. ..... (26) the form and content of the question paper which is on record of this court, is something which is registerable under section 18(14) of the press and registration of books act, 1867, and a claim of copyright is required to be registered there under. ..... i think that in view of the copyright act and in view of the press and registration of books act, 1867 and in view of article iii of copyright convention revised at paris in 1971, in my view, it is essential that for copyright to exist, there must be compliance with the requirements of the statute and claim to copyright made upon the copyrightable matter before any action in copyright can be sustained, and perfected by statutory remedies. ..... , 6/10, kirti nagar industrial area, new delhi - 110015, and that this should be sufficient compliance with sub-section (14) of section 18 of press and registration of books act. ..... no.8630 of 1993 had been filed, in which it was stated that the central board of secondary education is a society registered under the societies registration act, and that it could sue and be sued in the name of its general secretary, that one of the aims and objects of the society was book publishing, and specifically academic books. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : AIR2003AP121; 2003(1)ALD256
..... respondents feel that there is pornographic literature or any other material which is against the pubic, they can avail the remedies under the press and registration of books act, 1867 and press council act, 1978, which envisages the remedies for making a compliant.7. ..... neti prapancham was registered under the press and registration of books act, 1867 with registration no. ..... in support of his contention, the learned counsel has relied upon sections 5, 8, 8-a and 8-b of the press registration and books act 25 of 1867 which mandates that every publisher has to file a declaration according to the ..... section 14 of the act makes it clear that a complaint has to be lodged to the press council under section 14 of the act and the press council has to act in accordance with the powers under the said section ..... section 8 of the press council of india act, 1978 deals with the committees of the council and the powers and functions of the council are contained under section 13(2) of the press council act ..... forthe petitioner has also argued that if the respondents have been aggrieved by the sale of books, the remedies open to them are under the press council of india act and also to bring to the notice of the other authorities. ..... to the provisions contained in sub-section (1) of section 6, where there is an order of forfeiture under sub-section (1) in respect of any publication, it shall be lawful for any police officer to seize the same wherever found in the territories to which this act extends.' 14. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Chennai
Reported in : (1986)52CTR(Mad)354; [1986]159ITR381(Mad)
..... "in section 2(aa) of the delivery of books and newspapers act, 1954, the expression is defined as follows :"'newspaper' means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news published in conformity with the provisions of section 5 of the press and registration of books act, 1867. ..... the press council act (act 34 of 1965), section 2(e), reads as under :"the expressions 'editor' and 'newspaper'have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the press and registration of books act, 1867... ..... the definition of "book" in section 1(1) of the press and registration of books act, 1867, is not descriptive but inclusive; it only adds certain items which might not have been comprehended in the word "book" but for the definition. ..... though the definition given in section 1(1) of the press and registration of books act, 1867, is for the purposes of that act only, it is a fairly representative definition which gives the outstanding characteristics of a newspaper. ..... 133 to 137, 343 of 1977, 950 and 951 of 1977 and 755 of 1979, relate to a common issue involved in them and as such are consolidated and all these references are disposed of by a common order.26. mr. j. ..... from this era came the frankfurter zeitung (1856), one of the world's fine newspapers in its day, the koelnische zeitung (1848), the taeliche rundschau in berlin, and others. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1994KAR2068; 1995(1)KarLJ219
..... on 23-7-1990 the registrar of newspaper for india issued a certificate under the press and registration of books act, 1867 (hereinafter referred to as the 'prb act') registering the title of the newspaper 'financial times' to be published by the appellant ..... trial court has committed some basic and fundamental errors when it came to the conclusion that the trade mark alone govern the publication of newspapers in india and also the observation that if the publication is not registered under the press act, it can only be fined up to rs.2,000/- and there is no prohibition in publication. ..... if the defendant pleads that the registration of the plaintiff's trade mark is invalid; or he raises a defence under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 30 and the plaintiff pleads the invalidity of the registration of the defendant's trade mark, the court trying the suit shall if any proceedings for rectification of the register in relation to the plaintiff's or defendant's trade mark are pending before the registrar or the high court, stay the suit pending the final disposal of such proceedings. ..... the interpretation of statutes the courts always presume that the legislature inserted every part thereof for a purpose and the legislative intention is that every part of the statute should have effect. ..... it prohibits to edit, print or publish any newspaper without conforming to the rules and on conviction a fine not exceeding rs.2,000/- or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both is .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
Reported in : AIR1960All450; 1960CriLJ1037
..... aman ullah has been convicted by the courts below under section 7 of the indian copyright act and both the applicants have been convicted under section 12 of the press and registration of books act. ..... aman ullah applicant in the companion case has been convicted through the same judgment under section 7 of the copyright act and section 12 of the press and registration of books act.2. ..... the applicant, who has been convicted under section 12 of the press and registration of books act, is the manager, printer and proprietor of asrar karimi press in allahabad. ..... the conviction under the press and registration of books act is based upon the fact that the primer of the rahmat-e-islam series does not bear the names of the printer and the publisher.4. ..... both the applicants challenge their convictions under the press and registration of books act. ..... the whole of rahmat-e-islam was printed by the applicant at asrar karimi press and the whole is a book which contains the required imprint on the inner cover. ..... they certainly deserved the imprisonment inflicted upon them by the trial court and also fine. ..... section 12 lays down that 'whoever shall print or publish any book.....otherwise than in conformity with the rule contained in section 3.......shall, on conviction before a magistrate, be punished by fine.......or by simple imprisonment.' '5. ..... the sentence of fine of rs. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Rajasthan
Reported in : AIR1958Raj350
..... is a revision application by one kishan narayan, owner of a printing press in jodhpur, against his conviction under section 12 of the press and registration of books act, 1867, for a breach of section 3 of the act.2. ..... the only question for determination in this case is whether a leaflet, which has been held by both the courts below to have been printed in the press of the applicant, is a book within the meaning of the press and registration of books act, 1867, as it stood in 1952.questions of fact cannot be gone into in revision in the face of concurrent finding of facts by the two courts below ..... that case it was held that a notice announcing holding of a public meeting to oppose the transfer of a deputy commissioner was neither a book, nor a paper within the meaning of the press and registration of books act, 1867.it was laid down that the word 'paper' was intended to cover all those papers which could not be defined as 'books', or 'newspapers'; but which had historical, cultural or literary value.4. ..... am accordingly satisfied that the leaflet in question is a pamphlet and is therefore a book within the meaning of the press and registration of books act, 1867. ..... section 3 lays down that every book or paper printed within india shall have printed legibly on it the name of the printer and the place of ..... 'book' is defined as including every volume, part or division of a volume, and pamphlet in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart, or plan separately ..... sentence of fine of rs. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR1979SC154; (1979)2SCC8; [1979]1SCR664
..... may be extracted thus :-whereas it is expedient to repeal the indian press act, 1910 and the newspapers (incitements to offences) act, 1908, and to make further provision in the press and registration of books act, 1867, for the liability of editors of newspapers in civil and criminal proceedings and to make certain amendments in that act in order to facilitate the registration of printers and publishers; and to provide in the sea customs act, 1878, the crpc, 1898, and the indian post office act, 1898, for the seizure and disposal of certain documents; it is hereby encted as follows :it was with this avowed ..... section 5(1) runs thus :-without prejudice to the provisions of section 3, every copy of every such newspaper shall contain the names of the owner and editor thereof printed clearly on such copy and also the date of its publication.it would thus be clear that under section 5(1) of the press act the legal requirement is that every newspaper shall contain the name of the owner and the editor printed clearly, so that there is no confusion in the minds of the people on this account. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Mumbai
Reported in : AIR2005Bom291; 2004(4)ALLMR578; 2004(6)BomCR579; 2004(4)MhLj465
..... the expression is defined in section 2(b) thus:''newspaper' means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments ..... 'in section 2(a) of the delivery of books and newspaper act, 1956 the expression is defined as follows:''newspaper' means any printed periodical words containing public news or comments an public news published in conformity with the provisions of section 56 of the press and registration of books act of 1867'.section 2(b) of the newspaper (price and page) act 1956 says:''newspaper' means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news appearing at intervals of not more than a week'.lastly, we would refer the working journalists (conditions of service) and miscellaneous provisions act, where .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Mumbai
Reported in : 1991(4)BomCR156
..... hattangadi submitted that having regard to the object of the press and registration of books act, it cannot be presumed that once a staff is appointed the owner or the publisher cannot have any ..... error which can be judicially reviewed either in a civil court or before an election tribunal'.but the court took note of baidyanath (supra) and wopansao (supra) and observed as follows:'we think that neither the decision of this court in : [1970]1scr839 , which took the view that violation of section 23(3) of the 1950 act in entering or deleting the names of persons in the electoral rolls after the last date for making nomination relates to lack of power, nor ..... occasion of this hindu religious function, the janata dal workers created such an uproarious conduct, as a result thereof a great chaos was seen there.for this religious function, the shiv-sena leader shri subhash desai, smt ..... factum just as the petition cam to be filed and before the writ petition came to be disposed of, on their own, the officers had eliminated ..... applications are beyond time as the last date for receiving objections was over on january 9, 1990, and treated the applications as disposed of. ..... 1, 1990, and on the said statement, the petition was disposed of. ..... accordingly writ petition is disposed of in terms of ..... them are not genuine voters, the respondent shall verify the correctness of the statements made by the petitioners as regards these voters to the best of their ability bearing in mind the time at their disposal. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Jharkhand
Reported in : 2008(56)BLJR2746
..... i further find from the documents as well as declaration as made in the newspaper in observance of mandatory provisions of section 7 of the press and registration of books act, 1867 that it was none other than 'resident editor' if at all, was responsible prima facie for the publication of news items in the newspaper without ..... written undertaking, owing responsibility by the concerned authority/editor under the press and registration of books act, 1867 in relation to authentication of declaration under section 6 and section 7 of the act. mr. ..... seema chaturvedi in her written complaint, addressed to the officer-in-charge of sukhdeonagar police station, ranchi in which she alleged that sheo prasad sharma was using his name for gains and in view of tine declaration under the press and registration of books act, 1867 petitioner hari bansh narayan singh, chief editor, cannot be held criminally liable for publication of news item in prabhat khabar.8. ..... outset submitted that the petitioner was admittedly the chief editor of the daily newspaper 'prabhat khabar' published from different places and he was not responsible for selection of the news for its publication in the newspaper under the press and registration of books act, 1867. ..... that section 506 of the indian penal code dealt with punishment for criminal intimidation,whoever commits, the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or .....
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