Madras high court
CHENNAI: Can privacy and reputation of a celebrity be inherited by his/her legal heirs like movable or immovable property? No, the Madras high court has said.
Privacy or reputation earned by a person during his or her lifetime extinguishes with death. After the death of a person, the reputation earned cannot be inherited like a movable or immovable property by his or her legal heirs, a division bench of Justice R Subbiah and Justice Sathikumar Sukumara Kurup said on Friday.
The judges made the observations while dismissing an appeal by J Deepa, niece of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to stop the release of a biopic, Thalaivi , apparently based on the life of the former CM.