Self-plagiarism

[KASTURI SETHI]

Dear Experts,

Can any one throw light on the meaning and scope of self-plagiarism ? I want reply in detail with examples. Whether it is suable ? if so, under which Section of Copyright Act ? I have read about it in a book but it was too brief to grasp.

Thanks a lot.

AI Summary

Self-plagiarism can be copyright infringement when prior rights are assigned, enabling legal action under copyright law.
Self-plagiarism is the undisclosed reuse of an author's prior published material-such as duplicate publication, substantial text recycling, or republication of articles in books-and becomes legally actionable in India when the author has transferred or assigned copyright or when republication breaches a publishing contract; absent such rights transfer or contractual prohibition it remains an ethical or regulatory violation subject to institutional sanctions rather than a per se copyright offence.