law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  25. Term of copyright in photographs – 
  In the case of a photograph, copyright shall
  
  subsist until [(Note: Subs. by Act No.13 of 1992, S.2, w.e.f. 28-12-1991. In
  
  this regard S.3 of Act No.13 of 1992 reads: "3. Copyright not to subsist
  
  if term has expired - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that
  
  copyright shall not subsist by virtue of this Act in any work in which
  
  copyright did not subsist immediately before the commencement of this
  
  Act.") sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next
  
  following the year in which the photograph is published.