JUDGMENT

Sanjeev Narula, J.

CONTENTS

Brief Facts........................................................ 3

Contentions of the Plaintiff....................................... 4

Contentions of Defendant No. 3..................................... 8

Contentions of Defendants No. 1-2.................................. 13

Contentions of Defendant No. 4..................................... 16

Contentions of Defendant No. 7..................................... 17

Rejoinder Arguments by Plaintiff .................................. 18

Analysis

Celebrity/Personality Rights ...................................... 21

A. What are `celebrity' or `publicity' rights? .................... 21

B. Can `celebrity rights' be enforced posthumously? ............... 26

Right to Fair Trial ............................................... 33

Plaintiff's cause of action for defamation ........................ 34

Plaintiff's Right to Privacy versus Defendants' Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression ..................................................... 36

Principles relating to grant of injunction ........................ 40

I.A. 5697/2021 (u/Order XXXIX Rule 1 and 2 R/W Section 151 of the Code of Civil Proced