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

B.N. Firos v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Copyright ownership of a software developed for the government in the context of Section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Section 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957

B.N. Firos v. State of Kerala & Ors. (2018) 9 SCC 220 In the Supreme Court of India Civil Appeal 79/2008 Before Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar Decided on March 27, 2018 Relevancy of the case: Copyright … Read More

Gagan Harsh Sharma v. State of Maharashtra

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Gagan Harsh Sharma v. State of Maharashtra

Gagan Harsh Sharma v. State of Maharashtra 2019 Cri LJ 1398 In the High Court of Bombay Cri. W.P. 4361/2018 Before Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati H. Dangre Decided on October 26, 2018 Relevancy of the case: Writ petition … Read More

Ragith v. State of Kerala

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Ragith v. State of Kerala

Ragith v. State of Kerala In the High Court of Kerala Crl. M.C. 7836/2017 Before Justice K. Abraham Mathew Decided on October 03, 2018 Relevancy of the case: Quashing of proceedings in an offence involving illegal chitty through software. Statutes … Read More

Deepak Ratanlal Walecha v. State of Maharashtra

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Deepak Ratanlal Walecha v. State of Maharashtra

Deepak Ratanlal Walecha v. State of Maharashtra In the High Court of Bombay Anticipatory B.A. 367/2016 Before Justice Revati Mohit Dere Decided on March 16, 2016 Relevancy of the case: Anticipatory bail application for a case involving access to confidential … Read More