How did Delhi High Court protect Anil Kapoor?

Delhi High Court Protects Actor... The Delhi High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and restrained various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other...

Are personal rights a legal right in India?

Personality rights or their protection are not expressly mentioned in a statute in India but are traced to fall under the right to privacy and the right to property. Even as the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court have passed interim orders, the law is at a nascent stage in India.

Does Anil Kapoor have personality rights?

Rajinikanth’s name, Amitabh Bachchan’s baritone and now Anil Kapoor’s style. These are some of the personality rights that celebrities are trying to protect. The Delhi High Court this week allowed Kapoor’s pleas for protection of his personality rights from misuse by third parties. What is a personality right?

What are celebrity rights in India?

Personality or celebrity rights are rights against unauthorized commercial use of one’s persona and have not been codified under any law in India. The court asked the Indian government’s Department of Telecommunications and telephone service providers to take down web links and take action against parties identified in the case.