The Court held that a prima facie case was established in favour of the plaintiff and emphasised that failure to restrain such acts would cause serious damage to his reputation and identity.
The Delhi High Court has observed that once objectionable or misleading material is uploaded on the internet, it can be picked up by generative artificial intelligence (AI) models regardless of its authenticity posing long-term risks to the reputation of public figures.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday indicated it would pass orders on whether to grant ad-interim relief to Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, who has approached the court seeking protection of his personality rights against misuse of his identity in the digital space.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, while passing the order, observed that infringers cannot misuse Johar's name, acronym "KJo", image, likeness, voice or any other attributes of his persona. The High Court also specifically prohibited the use of deepfakes, GIFs, face-morphing and other AI-d
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday indicated that it will pass an interim injunction order in favour of filmmaker and producer Karan Johar in his plea seeking protection of his personality rights against alleged misuse of his name, images, and likeness on online platforms.
Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, alleging rampant misuse of his name, photographs, and likeness on social media platforms and websites without consent.
The Court passed an ex parte ad interim injunction after noting that Bachchan had established a prima facie case. It held that the unauthorised exploitation or misappropriation of his personality attributes amounted to infringement and could mislead the public into believing that he was endo
After the Delhi High Court granted interim protection to actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a personality rights case, her Advocate Pravin Anand said the judgment is of "very significant importance" as it strengthens the legal framework around publicity rights in India.
The actor has requested the Court to restrain websites and online platforms from misusing his image, likeness, persona, and voice, particularly in fake and sexually explicit content.
The petition came up on Wednesday, before Justice Tejas Karia, who noted that the Court could direct Google to remove links violating Bachchan's rights if a list of specific URLs is provided.