Be you so High ,Law is always above you!Celebrities are ones who are the biggest news makers,right from their shenanigans, and their private life is a subjectmatter of keen interest to media agencies and print media in particular.Certain celebrities like Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan are larger than life icons and role models for scores of people.These celebrities are like demi gods and people look upto them with reverence and hold them in very high esteem. The media projects them in such light that the public tends to overlook their wrong doings or any breach of law by them on account of their popularity and the precedent they have set in their chosen vocation. The Law doesn't confer any immunity on filmstars and cricketers.It does provide immunity to public servants like police men,bureaucrats and judicial officers.
Shiney Ahuja got convicted for raping his maid, Sanjay Dutt has been awarded 6 years Imprisonment in the TADA case involving possession of illegal weapon and subsequently destroying it, Arundathi Roy a renowned writer sticks her neck out and sympathises with naxaliites,Preeti Jain made serious allegations against Madhur Bhandarkar of rape and Fardeen Khan was caught red handed buying narcotics. Its true celebrities have very little privacy and they are always under media 'radar'. When an actor and actress in the same film are spotted together at a 'page 3 party',the media depicts them in such manner as if there is something brewing between them, when actually the fact is that there is a professional relationship between them and they are together to promote their film. Celebrities can be unfairly targetted by their detractors and adversaries and this can put the celebrities in a state of discomfiture and embarassment and it can prejudice the human mind to believe that since they are celebrities they might have misused their charisma and popularity for some vested interest.however on the other hand its erroneous and absurd to presume that celebrities are infallible and can't err and transgress laws.There is always a hue and cry that a celebrity is targeted and is in the news for wrong reasons as he is falsely implicated owing to his/her popularity. God men today have been caught and arrested for sex racket and their followers clamour that these god men are 'divine' persons hence it is unjust to arrest them or interrogate them which is again illogical and irrational.
The law doesn't prevent anyone from achieving success in ones chosen vocation provided one attains success within the purview of law. It is incumbent on all celebrities to pay taxes and disclose their assets as they are not exempted from tax. Media must exercise restrain and use its discretion meticulously before writing anything about celebrities unless facts are verified,allegations are substantiated and accusations are corroborated with evidence as if media commits a libel against a celebrity and people realise it,people will get completely sceptical of media and generalise that celebrities can't commit blunder and its the media and legal system that is tarnishing the image of the celebrity with an axe to grind.
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I do agree with author that law do not provide any immunity to celebrities and moreover country has provided them name, fame and wealth so it is their legal as well as moral duty to contribute maximum for their country by obeying law and its legal process. They should not be given any liberty when any tax is due to be paid by them. It should be recovered from them as a land revenue.
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