Technology - Indian Laws - General

Technology As per the Webster s Comprehensive Dictionary , Technology means: (1) Theoretical knowledge of industry and the industrial arts. (2) The application of science to the arts. (3) That branch of ethnology which treats of the development of the arts . Wharton s Law Lexicon defines Technology as: any information (including information embodied in software) other than information in the public domain, that is capable of being used in- (i) the development, production or use of any goods or software; (ii) the development of, or the carrying out of, an industrial or commercial activity or the provision of a service of any kind. Explanation, when technology is described wholly or partly by reference to the uses to which it (or the goods to which it relates) may be put, it shall include services which are provided or used, or which are capable of being used, in the development, production or use of such technology or goods. [Weapons of Mass Destruction and their delivery system ]. Means a branch of knowledge; the knowledge and means used to produce the material necessities of a society . Encyclopedia Law Lexicon presents Technology as: any information (including information embodied in software) other than information in the public domain, that is capable of being used in- (i) the development production or use of any goods or software; (ii) the development of, or the carrying out of, an industrial or commercial activity or the provision of a service of any kind. [Section 4(1), The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their delivery system (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities Act, 2005]. The New Shorter Oxford English dictionary defines Technology as: 1(a) The branch of knowledge that deals with the mechanical arts of applied sciences; a discourse or treaties on (one of) these subjects, orig. on an art or arts. (b). The terminology of a particular subject; technical nomenclature. 2(a). The mechanical arts or applied sciences collectively; the application of (any of) these. (b). A particular mechanical art or applied science. In Advanced Law Lexicon is defined as any special or technical knowledge or any special service required for any purpose whosoever by an industrial concern under any foreign collaboration, and includes designs, drawings, publication and technical personnel. ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE COLLEGES VERSUS ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ORS. - 2013 (4) TMI 728 - SUPREME COURT