JUDGMENT - C.S. DHARMADHIKARI, J.:---As both these writ petitions involve common questions of law and fact, they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgement.

2. The petitioners in Writ Petition No. 5004 of 1984 M/s. Video Master, is a partnership firm carrying on business of buying films for processing and making videogram cassettes, disc, tapes, in relation to feature films, documentaries, educational, art and cultural films for sale and/or for private exhibition on video play back equipment. After acquiring necessary rights the petitioners also market the same under the brand names like Time, Gold Action. The petitioners firm possesses the requisite licence granted by the Government of India to process, transfer and duplicate films on video cassettes. The petitioner-firm is also distributing the pre-recorded video cassette tapes made by Esquire Distributing and Servicing (P) Ltd. It is the case of the petitioner-firm that it has purchased the video rights in certified feature films released in India for public exhibition by the Cinematograph Board for the purpose of processing and distributing the same. The owner of certified films delivers free of chang

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