Reviewed case brief
Eastern Book Company v. D.B. Modak
(2008) 1 SCC 1
(2008) 1 SCC 1 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 2008
- Subjects
- Intellectual Property Law
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Copyright in India requires a modicum of creativity beyond mere labour; copy-edited judgments with headnotes, paragraph numbering, and cross-references involve sufficient creativity to attract copyright; raw judicial texts do not
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
(2008) 1 SCC 1; verified via SCC Online
Educational summary only. Read the reported judgment or an authorised law report before relying on the case professionally.