Hi Ashwin:

> So it is completely incorrect to add any images of Indian stamps printed
> later than 1951 to Commons. Fair use rationale is not applicable under
> Indian law to the best of my knowledge, anyway with that it cant be loaded
> to Commons only concerned Wikipedia. And unless the article is about that
> particular stamp, fair use rationale won't work.

I am not sure why you would say that. The Copyright Act has a fairly
extensive section on Fair Dealing. Section 52 will be of interest.

http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/CopyrightRules1957.pdf

You might find that it would fit within a few of those.

- Gautam

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