law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  57. Authors special rights – 
  [(Note: Subs. by Act 38 of 1994,
  
  S.20(w.e.f. a date to be notified))
  (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 which is done before the expiration of the
  
  term of copyright if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act
  
  would be prejudicial to his honor 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 them satisfaction of the author shall not be deemed to
  
  be an infringement of the right conferred by this section.
  (2) The right conferred upon an author of a
  
  work by sub section (1), other than the right to claim authorship of the work,
  
  may be exercised by the legal representatives of the author.