B.N. FIROS vs THE STATE OF KERALA STATE OF KERALA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY — C.A. No. 79/2008
Case under Section XI-B. Status: DISPOSED.
CNR: SCIN010052192007
Filing Date
19-Feb-2007
Registration No
C.A. No. 79/2008
Diary Number
5219/2007
Order Date
27-Mar-2018
Document Type
Judgement - of Main Case
Neutral Citation
2018 INSC 270
Disposal Type
Dismissed
Data as of 20-Jun-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
B.N. FIROS
Adv. V. K. SIDHARTHAN[P-1]
Respondent(s)
THE STATE OF KERALA STATE OF KERALA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY
Adv. G. PRAKASH[R-3] P. V. DINESH (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [R-4] G. PRAKASH[R-1]
Hearing History
Judge: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI and HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI
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Orders
Summary: B.N. Firos v. State of Kerala (C.A. No. 79/2008) The Supreme Court dismissed the appellant's challenge to a 2002 notification declaring the FRIENDS software system a "protected system" under IT Act Section 70. The Court held that Section 70 must be read harmoniously with Copyright Act Sections 2(k) and 17, limiting the power to declare protected systems to government works, and that the appellant had no copyright claim since Microsoft paid for the software development and the government agreement vested IPR rights in Kerala. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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