Protection of Celebrity rights/Personality rights in India

Abstract

Celebrity rights are the unique form of rights that are distinct from others. It is a kind of property that can be enjoyed by the celebrity himself. Being a property it often trespass by the way of privacy of celebrity being compromised for money or when the celebrity right to publicity is defeated by the unauthorised use, in both the cases the judiciary has to intervene in between to ensure justice. In this paper we will discuss the Celebrity rights as a bundle of rights along with the judicial stand on these matters.