Delhi High Court Protects Actor Anil Kapoor's Personality Rights, Restrains Use Of His Name, Image Or Voice Without Consent

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and restrained various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent. Justice Prathiba M Singh also restrained “other unknown persons” from disseminating various videos, links of which will...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Direct Netflix To Take Down 'Scoop' Web Series, Allows Chhota Rajan To Amend Suit

The Bombay High Court today refused to direct OTT platform Netflix to taken down 'Scoop' series based on an intellectual property suit by gangster Chhota Rajan.Justice Shivkumar Dige said now that the series has been released, the court will see on the next date.The court allowed Chhota Rajan to amend his suit to show how it is a matter of intellectual property rights and posted the matter...

Chhota Rajan Moves Bombay High Court Against Netflix Series Scoop, Alleges Infringement Of Personality Rights

Gangster Chhota Rajan has filed a suit before the Bombay High Court against the makers of the Netflix series Scoop for allegedly defaming him and infringing his personality rights.Rajan has impleaded the producer Matchbox Shots LLP, writer Hansal Mehta and Netflix India as defendants in the suit.“The contents of the said trailer are absolutely false, misleading & deceptive and is done...

Personality Rights: Interpretation And Scope

When Amitabh Bachchan got rejected as a radio presenter for his baritone, little did he know that several years down the line he would be in the Courts seeking protection from the rampant commercial use of the same much-admired voice. Not only is the anecdote an inspiration for many, but also, it brings to the fore a legal concept of great significance in the current times i.e. the concept of personality rights. The instant case pertains to a suit filed by the veteran actor, Amitabh...