Delhi High Court rejected another stay plea on Nyay: The Justice, a film based on Sushant Singh Rajput’s life.
Delhi HC emphasized that Sushant Singh Rajput’s right to privacy died with him.
The Delhi High Court has once again refused to issue a stay order against streaming of film Nyay: The Justice, a project adapted from Sushant Singh Rajput’s life on an OTT platform. This time around, Sushant Singh Rajput’s father had filed a plea seeking interlocutory injunction in his case against the filmmakers. However, the court clarified that a possible ban cannot take place since it was released in 2021 and thousands of people might have already watched it.
Dismissing the plea in the court of law, Justice C Hari Shankar stated, “To fasten a legal right, on something as fleeting as a celebrity, appears to be an oxymoron. Law cannot allow itself to be a vehicle to promote celebrity culture. It does not appear permissible, in our constitutional scheme which guarantees equality to individuals and in which equality is a cherished preambular goal, to countenance an extra bundle of rights which would be available for enjoyment only to celebrities.”
The court also emphasized that the right to publicity, privacy and personality vested in Sushant Singh Rajput cannot be exercised since the person has passed away, “The said rights, therefore, did not survive for espousal by the plaintiff,” the court stated.
Nyay The Justice is written and directed by Dilip Gulati, produced by Sarla A. Saraogi and Rahul Sharma.The film stars Zuber Khan and Shreya Shukla in lead roles, Aman Verma as ED chief, Asrani as Mahinder Singh’s Father, Shakti Kapoor as NCB Chief, Kiran Kumar as Advocate of Mahinder’s father, Anant Jog as Mumbai Police Commissioner, Anwar Fatehan as Bihar Police Commissioner, Sudha Chandran as CBI chief and other actors in pivotal roles.
Recently, fans remembered the Chhichhore actor on his third death anniversary on 14th June. Sushant was found dead at his residence, and since then investigations have been going on to solve the case. The actor was last seen in the movie ‘Dil Bechara’ which was released after his death. The film is based on the book Fault In Our Stars and also features Sanjana Sanghi, Saif Ali Khan, and Sumit Tandon in key roles.
