Actor NTR Junior Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of His Personality Rights

Actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as NTR Junior, moved the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking protection of his personality rights. The matter was heard today by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora. The Court directed the social media platforms and e commerce platforms to treat the actor's suit as a complaint under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The judge ordered the platforms to take necessary steps on the complaint...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actor Ajay Devgn, Orders Take Down Of Obscene Content

The Delhi High Court on Thursday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of bollywood actor Ajay Devgn.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora restrained the defendants from using the personality traits of the actor, including his images and other personal elements, without his consent.The defendants are also refrained from misusing the actor's personality traits through use of artificial intelligence and deepfake technology, as well as obscene content.Advocate Pravin Anand appeared...

Shilpa Shetty Moves Bombay High Court For Protection Of Her Personality Rights

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty has moved the Bombay High Court seeking protection of her personality rights from being illegally commercialised by several known and unknown platforms which are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) version of her voice, deepfake images etc and earning profits.Shetty has highlighted that she is one of the most celebrated and internationally recognised personalities in the Indian entertainment industry for over three decades and is a global icon, considered as one of...

Madras High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Musician Ilaiyaraaja

The Madras High Court, on friday, passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of renowned musician Ilaiyaraaja against unauthorised usage of his name, images, and other works by third parties. Justice N Senthilkumar found a prima facie case in favour of the musician and granted interim relief in a suit moved by Ilaiyaraaja seeking to protect his personality rights. The court has also directed the respondents to file their counter. "Since the plaintiff has made out a prima...

'Known Face In Content Creation Field': Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Raj Shamani

The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of podcaster Raj Shamani, observing that he is a known face in India, especially in the field of content creation. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora observed that Shamani has gained goodwill and reputation over a course of a successful career and that prima facie, he enjoys publicity rights with respect to its personality, which is his valuable right.“Therefore, prima facie, the Plaintiff No. 1's personality...

Delhi High Court Says It Will Pass Orders Protecting Raj Shamani's Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Monday said that it will pass an interim order restraining the unauthorized use of podcaster Raj Shamani's name, image, voice, and likeness, granting him ad-interim relief against platforms including Google, Meta, and Telegram.A Single Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora meanwhile issued summons to Google, Meta, and Telegram in a suit seeking protection of Shamani's personality rightsDuring the hearing, Senior Advocate Diya Kapur representing Shamani,...

Jaya Bachchan Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Her Personality Rights

Actress and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Jaya Bachchan has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her personality rights.The matter was heard by a bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora.Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi was appearing for Bachchan. He referred to the first defendant, saying that morphed images of the actress have been published. He also told the Court about details of other defendants allegedly selling merchandise using her images.On the claim of her image...

From 'Jhakaas' And 'Bhidu' To Sadhguru: The Celebrity Scramble For Personality Rights

India, that is Bharat, is a profoundly diverse and heterogenous union of states marked by its sublime contradictions. Apart from being a millennia-old civilisation racing through a digital revolution, two disruptive forces now define the modern Indian experience: celebrity worship—from Bollywood to spiritual gurus—and the breakneck speed of its digital landscape, pioneered by cheap internet access and now complicated by the spectre of AI-generated deepfakes.At the volatile intersection of these...

Use Technology To Remove Misleading Content Violating Sadhguru's Personality Rights: Delhi High Court Tells Google

The Delhi High Court has asked Google LLC to make an endeavour to ensure that misleading and deepfake content infringing personality rights of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, is removed and taken down through its technology. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed Google and Sadhguru to have a mutual meeting, where the latter can specifically identify the contents “falling within the exception of the policy of Google Ads.”This was after Google's counsel said that the URLs...

'Truly Alarming': Bombay High Court Flags Realistic Nature Of Deepfakes, Protects Akshay Kumar's Personality Rights

While protecting the personality rights of Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar, the Bombay High Court has expressed concern over the "realistic" nature of deepfake images and videos being created by using Artificial Intelligence (AI).Single-judge Justice Arif S. Doctor in his October 15 order said, in such cases of celebrities seeking protection of personality rights, it is alarming to see that the content created by AI is deceptive and so sophisticated that it would not be possible for anyone to...

Akshay Kumar Moves Bombay High Court To Protect His Personality Rights

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to protect his personality rights from being illegally commercialised by unknown entities by using deepfake images, videos, misuse of his voice and obscene blogs and Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content.Single-judge Justice Arif Doctor on Wednesday morning, heard the submissions advanced by Senior Advocate Dr Birendra Saraf, who represented Kumar and also closed the matter for orders.An order is likely to be...

Will Protect Personality Rights Of Singer Kumar Sanu: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally stated that it would pass an interim injunction order in a plea by Indian playback singer Kumar Sanu Bhattacharjee, seeking protection of his personality rights.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora was hearing the plea. Advocate Sana Raees Khan appeared for Sanu.Court stated that the counsel for one of the defendants stated that the plaintiff had raised a grievance regarding four profiles on Facebook and Instagram, and that the 34 URLs which were...