Taking permission to use stuff that has been published in a Journal from the rightful copyright owner of such journal is mandatory in India, unless the use of such stuff falls under any of the exceptions listed down under Section 52 of the Copyrights Act, 1957 as “FAIR USE”. Basically, Journals are copyrightable work under the Copyrights Act and therefore any usage of it without taking prior permission of the copyright owner of that Jounral would be treated as “Copyright infringement” under the law. So, in order to evade any legal proceedings, it is advisable to obtain USER LICENSE from such copyright owners. Generally, this license or license agreement which you may enter into with the copyright owner grants you the right to use stuff from its journal for specified period of time and in a manner which you both would agree to. Thus, as soon as you obtain LICENSE from such copyright owners you will be free to use such work/stuff.

But, it is very important to note that if any intended use of the work you are right now desiring out of such Journal falls under any of the exceptions or fair use/permissible use instancesas prescribed under Section 52, then you are free to go and use such stuff without obtaining permission or license from such copyright owner. For your quick and better understanding I am hereby enclosing an image (of permissible use of written work or any literary work) which would really help you in determining whether you need to take prior approval from the copyright owner of such Journal or not.