Author’s special rights :
Section – 57. [(1) Independently of the author’s copyright and even after the assignment either wholly or partially of the said copyright, the author of a work shall have the right—
| (a) | to claim authorship of the work; and | |
| (b) | to restrain or claim damages in respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in relation to the said work [***] if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act would be prejudicial to his honour or reputation : |
Provided that the author shall not have any right to restrain or claim damages in respect of any adaptation of a computer programme to which clause (aa) of sub-section (1) of section 52 applies.
Explanation: Failure to display a work or to display it to the satisfaction of the author shall not be deemed to be an infringement of the rights conferred by this section.]
(2) The right conferred upon an author of a work by sub-section (1), [***] may be exercised by the legal representatives of the author.