PERSONALITY RIGHTS
Filmmaker Karan Johar Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of His 'Personality Rights', Order On Wednesday
After actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and actor Abhishek Bachchan, Filmmaker and producer Karan Johar moved the Delhi High Court on Monday (September 15) seeking protection of his personality rights. Johar moved a lawsuit before the high court claiming that various entities have been using his name, image etc without his consent for monetary gains.After hearing the matter for some time, Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora listed the matter on Wednesday (September 17) for passing...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Says Unauthorised Exploitation Violates Right To Privacy
The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, observing that unauthorized exploitation of personal attributes of an individual violates right to privacy and undermines the right to live with dignity.Justice Tejas Karia restrained various entities from misusing the personal attributes of the actress like her name and images by employing technological tools, including Artificial Intelligence.The Court said that the misuse is not only causing...
Delhi High Court Hints At Protecting Personality Rights Of Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Over Misuse Of Images, AI Content
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan moved the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 09) against various entities to restrain them from using her image, likeness and persona, thereby infringing her 'personality rights'. During the hearing, the high court orally indicated that it will pass an ad-interim order injuncting the defendant entities. Appearing for Rai senior advocate Sandeep Sethi submitted before Justice Tejas Karia that his client was seeking enforcement of her...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Sadhguru, Passes John Doe Order Restraining Misuse Through AI
The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, and has restrained various rogue websites and unknown entities from misusing his personality traits through the use of Artificial Intelligence in any platform or medium.Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed a dynamic+ injunction in favour of Sadhguru observing thus:“Therefore, the position of law apparent therefrom, which has since developed with the passage of...
Sadhguru Moves Delhi High Court Against Infringement Of Personality Rights By Rogue Websites, Use Of AI
Jagadish Vasudev popularly known as Sadhguru moved the Delhi High Court on Friday (May 30) in a suit seeking protection against infringement of his personality rights by rogue websites through the use of Artificial Intelligence. The counsel appearing for Sadhguru submitted before Justice Saurabh Banerjee that Sadhguru's name and likeness is being used by rogue websites to sell products. He said that Sadhguru is renowned and revered figure and a house hold name in India, arguing that...
Bombay High Court Refuses To Lift Stay On Release Of Film 'Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar'
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld a March 7, 2025 judgment of a single-judge, who refused to lift the stay on the release of the film 'Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar' which was imposed in June 2024 after noting that the same infringes the personality rights of Bollywood film director and producer Karan Johar. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Makarand Karnik heard the appeal filed by the makers of the film in question, who challenged Justice Riyaz...
Relief For Karan Johar As Bombay High Court Refuses To Permit Release Of 'Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar' Film
In a big win for film-maker and producer Karan Johar, the Bombay High Court on Friday refused to lift the stay on the release of a film "Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar" which was imposed in June last year.Single-judge Justice Riyaz Chagla said that the makers of the film 'unauthorisedly' by using Johar's name and personality attributes in the title of their film, prima facie, violated his personality rights, publicity rights and also his right to privacy. "Further, the Plaintiff (Johar)...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Rajat Sharma, Orders Take Down Of Deepfake Content
The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of senior journalist Rajat Sharma and ordered take down of content generated against him through artificial intelligence and deepfake technology. Justice Amit Bansal restrained 8 defendant individuals and entities from directly or indirectly misusing, misappropriating or exploiting the name, likeness, image, voice, photos, videos etc for any commercial or personal gain through AI or deepfake technology, without express written...
Delhi High Court Issues Ex-Parte Ad Interim Injunction To Protect Personality Rights Of Renowned Cardiac Surgeon Dr Devi Shetty
The Delhi High Court has issued a temporary injunction to protect the personality rights of a well-known cardiac surgeon and chairman of Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty. The High Court further restrained known and unknown individuals from infringing the trademarks of Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. Justice Mini Pushkarna was considering the plea of Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty (plaintiff no. 1) and Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd (plaintiff no. 2) for a permanent injunction...
Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order To Protect Personality Rights Of Indian Actor And Producer Vishnu Manchu
The Delhi High Court has recently passed a john doe order to protect the personality rights of Indian actor and film producer Vishnu Manchu who is known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema.Justice Mini Pushkarna was dealing with Vishnu's suit seeking protection of his name, voice, image, likeness and all other elements of his personality. The suit was filed against the unauthorized use of his personality elements, alleging that the same were used by third parties which was likely to create...
Delhi High Court Appoints Arbitrator To Adjudicate Disputes Between Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Developer Over Personality Rights Violation
The Delhi High Court has appointed an arbitrator to adjudicate disputes between Cricketer Yuvraj Singh and a developer over alleged violation of his privacy rights while promoting a real estate project and failure to adhere to the timeline for delivery of possession of an apartment in the project in the national capital.Justice C Hari Shankar appointed Advocate Mukesh Gupta, former Vice Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) as the arbitrator. The court said that the arbitration...
Freedom Of Expression Doesn't Grant License To Exploit Celebrity's Persona: Bombay HC 'Protects' Arijit Singh's Personality Rights
Expressing shock over the fact that celebrities particularly performers are vulnerable to being 'targeted 'by unauthorised Artificial Intelligence (AI) content creators, the Bombay High Court last week restrained third parties from violating the 'personality' rights of Bollywood Singer Arijit Singh.Justice Riyaz Chagla has restrained several entities from using Arijit Singh's name, voice / vocal style and technique / vocal arrangements and interpretations, mannerism/manner of singing,...