Thanks Dhaval. Do you think not making the PDF's downloadable violates the court order. Harry Spier
On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 5:36 PM Dhaval Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 at 3:32 AM, Harry Spier <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Dhavalji, >> Thank you for the update. >> 1) If at the end of the day, the NMM keeps ignoring the court order in >> spite of your non-compliance complaint, is there an enforcement mechanism >> the Indian courts can use to compel compliance? >> > > Yes, there is. > >> >> 2) I also followed your instructions and also got 27,049 records, but >> when I accessed any one of them. There was info and a link but the link did >> not download anything. So I'm not sure if any manuscripts have been put in >> the public domain. >> > > When you click on the link on the search page, it leads to another page > which provides info about the specific manuscript e.g. > https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/manus/search-view?id=MjgzNzYy > > You will be able to see a link to PDF just above the heading “Title of the > Text”. Clicking on it will open a PDF viewer. The PDFs are not > downloadable. See the link below: > > https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/manus/pdf-view?content=MjgzNzYyL3BkZi9WQkkwMDAwMTIyNTVfQmFsaWTEgW5hdmlkaMSBbmFfMTc4MF9QREZBLnBkZg%253D%253D > > Thanks again for your great efforts. >> >> Harry Spier >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 8:35 PM Dhaval Patel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Harry and list members, >>> >>> I regret to inform that there has not been compliance to the order by >>> NMM. I have filed a non-compliance complaint. It was heard in November end. >>> Order is yet to be received. >>> >>> In the meanwhile, there seems to be certain manuscripts which are put in >>> public domain by NMM. >>> Steps: >>> 1. Visit https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/ >>> 2. Click on Digital Manuscripts. >>> 3. Search for the manuscript. >>> >>> I checked with writing only “a” and searched with the presumption that >>> every name of title would have at least one “a” in its spelling. It gave me >>> a response stating that there are 27,049 manuscripts matching the query. I >>> have not checked, but it seems that these many manuscripts are available in >>> digital format for viewing online. If the presumption is good, this is a >>> substantial improvement. >>> >>> With best wishes, >>> Dhaval >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 at 6:58 AM, Harry Spier <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear list members, >>>> Its now over a year since Dhaval Patel informed the list that through >>>> his great efforts the NMM (National Mission for Manuscripts) was ordered by >>>> the Central Information Commission to put all the manuscripts it had >>>> photographed into the public domain. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know the current status of this. Has the order been >>>> complied with either partially or in full. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Harry Spier >>>> >>>> Harry Spier >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 12:57 PM Dhaval Patel via INDOLOGY < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear scholars, >>>>> >>>>> This information may be of interest to those of you who work with >>>>> manuscripts for their research. It is regarding access of manuscripts >>>>> digitized by National Mission for Manuscripts, Government of India. >>>>> >>>>> I would like to bring it to the notice of this august gathering that >>>>> my second appeal in honourable Central Information Commission was decided >>>>> on 30.10.2021. The order is attached herewith. >>>>> >>>>> Honourable Information Commissioner Mr. Uday Mahurkar has decided this >>>>> matter with a well reasoned order. >>>>> >>>>> The order directs NMM to do two things. >>>>> 1. Put the digitized manuscripts (roughly 3 lacs) in public domain >>>>> within a period of 1 year >>>>> and >>>>> 2. Allow me access of 30000 manuscripts for downloading the same >>>>> within a period of 1 month. >>>>> >>>>> This order would surely pave the way for easier access of manuscripts >>>>> digitized by NMM to research scholars. >>>>> >>>>> I once again pay my respects to the honourable Information >>>>> Commissioner for enabling access to this centuries old manuscript treasure >>>>> of India. I also place my appreciation on record for NMM and manuscript >>>>> repositories without whose support the manuscripts would not have been >>>>> digitized, and their digital access would have been impossible. >>>>> >>>>> Dr. Dhaval Patel >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>>>> >>>> -- >>> Dr. Dhaval Patel >>> www.sanskritworld.in >>> >> -- > Dr. Dhaval Patel > www.sanskritworld.in >
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