https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284821 Genuine abridgments may qualify as original literary works protected by copyright, and the plaintiff's head-notes and notes were held to reflect skill, labour, and judgment rather than mere verbatim reproduction. The defendant's digest, prepared from the plaintiff's N.U.C. material, was found to copy protected expression and form of abridgment, so a temporary injunction was justified because a prima facie case existed and the balance of inconvenience favoured the copyright owner. The court also held that the Copyright Act, 1914 continued to operate by force of Article 372 of the Constitution, so the constitutional objection failed. en-us Fri, 08 Mar 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:54:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284821 Genuine abridgments may qualify as original literary works protected by copyright, and the plaintiff's head-notes and notes were held to reflect skill, labour, and judgment rather than mere verbatim reproduction. The defendant's digest, prepared from the plaintiff's N.U.C. material, was found to copy protected expression and form of abridgment, so a temporary injunction was justified because a prima facie case existed and the balance of inconvenience favoured the copyright owner. The court also held that the Copyright Act, 1914 continued to operate by force of Article 372 of the Constitution, so the constitutional objection failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Mar 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284821