Google India Pvt. Ltd. v. CIT

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Whether payments made for acquiring marketing and distribution rights for a computer programme to a foreign company constitute royalties under the Income Tax Act, 1961?

Google India Pvt. Ltd. v. CIT In the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal IT(IT)A 1190/Bang/2014 Before Mr Sunil Kumar Yadav, Judicial Member, and Mr Inturi Rama Rao, Accountant Member Decided on May 11, 2018 Relevancy of the Case: Whether payments made … Read More

Agi Music Sdn Bhd v. Ilaiyaraja & Anr.

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Status of copyright ownership and exploitation after the assignee's death

Agi Music Sdn Bhd v. Ilaiyaraja & Anr. (2019) 4 LW 418 In the High Court of Madras C.S. 308/2013 and 625/2014 Before Justice Anita Sumanth Decided on June 4, 2019 Relevancy of the Case: Status of copyright ownership and … Read More

Music Broadcast Ltd. v. Tips Industries Ltd. & Ors.

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Deciding the fixed royalty fee for broadcasting songs through radio

Music Broadcast Ltd. v. Tips Industries Ltd. & Ors. In the Intellectual Property Appellate Board S.R. 18/2020/CR/DEL Before Justice Manmohan Singh, Chairman, Mr N. Surya Senthil, Technical Member, and Mr S.P. Chockalingam, Technical Member Decided on September 18, 2020 Relevancy … Read More

Nilesh Navlakha v. Union of India

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Regulating media to prevent media trial in the case of a young actor's death by suicide

Nilesh Navlakha v. Union of India (2021) 2 AIR Bom R 179 In the High Court of Bombay PIL (ST) 92252/2020 with IA 95156/2020 Before Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni Decided on January 18, 2021 Relevancy of … Read More

Gopala Krishna Kalanidhi v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Bail application in a case involving the posting of scandalising comments against the sitting High Court judges

Gopala Krishna Kalanidhi v. State of Andhra Pradesh In the High Court of Andhra Pradesh Cr.P. 950, 953-954/2022 Before Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy Decided on February 25, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Bail application in a case involving the posting … Read More

Babburi Vengal Rao v. State SHO

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Anticipatory bail application in a case involving abusing a local MLA on YouTube

Babburi Vengal Rao v. State SHO In the High Court of Andhra Pradesh Crl. P. 2805/2022 Before Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy Decided on April 27, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Anticipatory bail application in a case involving abusing a local … Read More