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New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued a series of stringent directions to curb the unauthorised use of actor Mohanlal's name, image, voice, and other personality attributes across online platforms, ordering immediate removal of infringing content and merchandise within a strict 36-hour timeline. Granting an ex parte ad interim injunction, the Court restrained multiple defendants, including e-commerce websites, social media accounts, and unknown individuals, from dire ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has safeguarded the personality rights of preacher Aniruddhacharya, also known as 'Pookie' Baba, and restrained the unauthorised use of his name, voice, and image for memes, videos, or any other content.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the interim order on March 30 following a lawsuit filed by Aniruddhacharya.The court directed social media platforms, including Meta, X, and Google, to remove the content identified by the plaintiff that unlawfully used or imitated ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of preacher Aniruddhacharya, also popular as 'Pookie Baba', and restrained the unauthorised use of his name, voice and image for creating memes, videos or any other content, including AI or deepfake content.On March 30, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued an interim order in response to a lawsuit filed by Aniruddhacharya, which is now available.The court also directed social media platforms Meta, X and Google to take down content iden ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2: The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of a well-known spiritual leader, restraining the misuse of his identity through AI-generated deepfake content across social media platforms. The order was passed by Justice Tushar Rao Gedela in a suit filed by Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi, who is widely revered by followers as "Aniruddha Bapu." The Court noted that the plaintiff has made out a strong prima facie case, observing that his personali ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to consider the objections of parents of Major Mohit Sharma, who was killed during a counter-terrorism operation in Jammu and Kashmir, while granting certification to the film 'Dhurandhar'. The Ranveer Singh-starrer is scheduled to be released on December 5. Justice Sachin Datta directed the CBFC to consider and examine the grievances raised by the parents before deciding on the film cert ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has granted an ad-interim protection to YouTube content creator and podcaster Raj Shamani, restraining several online platforms, anonymous entities, and businesses from misusing his name, voice, image, likeness, and trademarked podcast properties for commercial gain. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed an ex-parte order in a suit filed by Shamani and his company, seeking urgent relief against trademark infring ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 28 (ANI): Actor Chiranjeevi has lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad Cybercrime Police after AI-generated deepfake videos featuring him in obscene content surfaced on pornographic websites, officials said on Monday. Based on his complaint, the police have registered a case under Sections 67 and 67A of the IT Act, Sections 79, 294, 296 and 336(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Sections 2(c), 3 and 4 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohi ...Read More >
Chiranjeevi protects his personality rights. The Hyderabad City Civil Court has granted interim relief to veteran Telugu actor Chiranjeevi, safeguarding his personality rights against unauthorised use of his identity. Court Restrains Platforms From Misusing Chiranjeevi's Identity The court, led by Chief Judge S Sasidhar Reddy, issued an ad-interim injunction on September 26, prohibiting more than 30 online platforms, including e-commerce sites, YouTube channels, and digital outlets, from usin ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 26 (ANI): A City Civil Court at Hyderabad granted an ad-interim injunction in favour of renowned film actor Chiranjeevi Konidela to protect the actor's personality and publicity rights, including the unauthorised commercial use of his name, image, voice, and other recognisable attributes across all formats and media. The Court of the Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, through Order dated 26th September 2025, in I.A. No.6275 of 2025 in O.S.No.441 of ...Read More >
The high court directed Google and Sadhguru to have a mutual meeting, where he can specifically identify the contents that fall within the exception of the Google Ads policy under which they cannot be removed, after the counsel for the company submitted that it was willing to have a collaborative approach with him to address concerns. "...thereafter, defendant no. 45 must make an endeavour to ensure that the identical or similar content is removed through its technology so as to obviate the pla ...Read More >
Recently, Manoj Bajpayee shocked fans by going on a rare family outing to the airport with his wife Shabana Raza and their daughter Ava Nayla. Manoj is notorious for keeping his private life private, so seeing him unwinding with his loved ones was refreshing for both fans and photographers, who couldn't resist taking pictures of the cosy family atmosphere before they went inside. Wearing a beige shirt, classic blue jeans, and brown sandals, Manoj maintained a casual yet comfortable look. His s ...Read More >
Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Akshay Kumar are increasingly seeking court protection for their identity and personality rights. This trend arises from the unauthorized use of their names, voices, and likeness in AI-generated content, fake endorsements, and online promotions, highlighting growing concerns over digital misuse in the entertainment industry. A growing list of Bollywood celebrities -- including Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshay Kumar a ...Read More >
Mumbai: Offering a reprieve to actor Akshay Kumar against unknown persons and some e-commerce sites for infringing his personality rights, the Bombay High Court directed the immediate removal of certain 'deepfake' content online. The HC said its immediate interim intervention was necessary and "such content needs to be removed from the public domain immediately, not only in the interest of the actor but also in the larger public interest".Justice Arif Doctor, whose order was made available on Th ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) The Bombay High Court has termed as alarming the realistic nature of deepfake images and videos and granted interim protection to actor Akshay Kumar over his personality rights. A bench of Justice Arif Doctor in the order passed on Wednesday termed as "truly alarming" the realistic nature of the deepfake images and videos that are being created using artificial intelligence. The order was made available on Thursday. "Both in the context of images and videos, the morphing i ...Read More >
Delhi HC has restrained them from misappropriating the name 'Akkineni Nagarjuna' or 'Nagarjuna', or his image, likeness, or other attributes of his persona that are exclusively identifiable with him. The Delhi High Court has restrained various websites and online platforms from misusing or misrepresenting Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna's name, image and likeness for any unauthorised merchandising, AI-generated material or pornographic content. In an interim order passed on September 25, Justi ...Read More >
Mumbai: In the age of Artificial Intelligence, artistes are increasingly safeguarding their commercial interests and their artwork. In a major win for Telugu superstar Nagarjuna, the Delhi High Court has banned the commercial use of his name, voice, image and other things related to his personality without his consent. The High Court has restrained various websites, which were made parties in Nagarjuna's petition, from using his name, image and other things related to his personality. The webs ...Read More >
Mumbai: Telugu actor Nagarjuna has expressed gratitude to the Delhi High Court for offering protection to his personality rights. Nagarjuna, who previously approached the court against the misuse of his identity on the digital platforms, took to his X handle and wrote, "Grateful to the Hon'ble Delhi High Court for protecting my personality rights in today's digital age." He also mentioned his legal team and added, "The vital legal strategy and arguments were led by Senior Counsel Mr. Vaibhav G ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 26 (ANI): Telugu actor Nagarjuna has expressed gratitude to the Delhi High Court for offering protection to his personality rights. Nagarjuna, who previously approached the court against the misuse of his identity on the digital platforms, took to his X handle and wrote, Grateful to the Honble Delhi High Court for protecting my personality rights in today digital age. He also mentioned his legal team and added, The vital legal strategy and arguments were ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 26 (ANI): Telugu actor Nagarjuna has expressed gratitude to the Delhi High Court for offering protection to his personality rights. Nagarjuna, who previously approached the court against the misuse of his identity on the digital platforms, took to his X handle and wrote, "Grateful to the Hon'ble Delhi High Court for protecting my personality rights in today's digital age." He also mentioned his legal team and added, "The vital legal strategy and argument ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government ...Read More >
Cloudburst in Dehradun News: Dehradun experienced cloudbursts in Sahastradhara, leading to swollen rivers and damaged shops. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reported rescue operations by police and SDRF. In Rishikesh, the Chandrabhaga river overflowed due to heavy rainfall, flooding the highway and trapping vehicles. SDRF successfully rescued three people stranded in the river, ensuring their safety. The local administration is monitoring the situation. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, following similar petitions filed by actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan. Senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao, representing Johar, argued that his client's name and images were being exploited online for commercial and misleading purposes. "These are websites where my photos are downloaded. Various pages on various [social media] platforms are in my name," ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of Abhishek Bachchan, issuing an interim order restraining online platforms from using his name, images or other attributes for commercial purposes without authorisation. The order mirrored its September 9 ruling in favour of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The order arose from a suit by Bachchan, which alleged that defendant websites and platforms had misappropriated aspects of his persona -- name, image, likeness, persona and voice ...Read More >
Authorities believe this is part of a larger cybercrime racket and are proving all angles. Bengaluru: A major cyber fraud case has been reported in Bengaluru, where a woman was allegedly cheated of over Rs 3.75 crore after being lured by an AI YouTube video that showed spiritual leader Sadhguru endorsing a trading platform. The woman, a resident of CV Raman Nagar, claimed to be unaware of deepfake technology and fell for the AI-generated video of Sadhguru while she was scrolling through Youtu ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Very soon, 'Captain Cool' T-shirts will replace 'Captain America'. There might be cricket bats and balls with the same name. Captain Cool has become more than just a moniker for former India skipper M S Dhoni. He redefined captaincy with his unique way. The words reflected his on-field leadership and over a period of time transcended into a philosophy of calmness, a unique space only Dhoni ruled. So much has Captain Cool been part of Dhoni that even after years of retirement, the sobri ...Read More >
Mumbai: MS Dhoni got a step closer to turning the 'Captain Cool' moniker he enjoyed when he was India skipper into a trademark. His application under the trademark law for exclusive rights over the epithet was "accepted and advertised". Accordingly, the 'Captain Cool' tag proposed to be used by Dhoni for 'sports training, providing sports training facilities, sports coaching services' was added to the Trademark Journal of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks in Kolkata. Th ...Read More >
Melbourne: A celebrity and "public relations maven" from Australia Roxy Jacenko has said she regrets turning her daughter, Pixie Curtis, into a child social media influencer. The 13-year-old's Instagram account had long been used by her mother to generate income via brand sponsorships and online businesses such as Pixie's Bows and Pixie's Toys. But Jacenko is now saying the money wasn't worth the negative effects of Pixie's public persona, which included being bullied at school. This admission ...Read More >
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