Unauthorised Use Of Celebrity Voice Using AI Tools Violates Rights : Bombay High Court Grants Relief To Asha Bhosle

The Bombay High Court has held that making Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools available which allow the conversion of any voice into that of a celebrity without consent amounts to a violation of personality rights.Justice Arif S. Doctor was hearing a suit filed by legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle, who approached the Court against companies accused of developing and offering AI-based applications that cloned her voice to generate songs and other content. The applications also allegedly used...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Injuncts Deepfake And Morphed Content

The Delhi High Court has recently passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of “The Art of Living” foundation founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora restrained john doe (unknown entities) from infringing Shankar's personality and publicity rights by using his name, voice, image, likeness, unique style of discourse and delivery or any other attribute exclusively identifiable with him, for any commercial or personal gain, without his consent.The...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Telugu Actor Nagarjuna; Restrains Unauthorised Use Of His Name, Image

The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Telugu actor Nagarjuna Akkineni by restraining various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent or authorization.Justice Tejas Karia restrained various websites and John Doe (unknown entities) restrained from violating the actor's personality or moral rights by directly or indirectly using or exploiting or misappropriating his name,...

After Bollywood Stars, Delhi High Court To Pass Orders Protecting Personality Rights Of Telugu Actor Nagarjuna

After protecting personality rights of Bollywood actors that approached it, the Delhi High Court today said it will grant similar relief to Telugu actor Nagarjuna Akkineni."When you can identify the urls, the best is to direct them to take down….. Will pass orders," Justice Tejas Karia said orally.Advocate Pravin Anand appeared for the actor and said that he was aggrieved by three infringements- pornographic websites, sale of merchandise using the actor's personality trait's unauthorizedly...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Filmmaker Karan Johar; Orders Take Down Of 'Disparaging' Posts, Memes

The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has ordered take down of “disparaging material” against Johar, including videos, memes and social media posts. “On a prima facie assessment, it is evident that the videos, memes and social media posts available on the platforms of Defendant Nos. 7, 14 and 15 contains abusive and profane words as well as innuendoes, which appear to...

Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order On Filmmaker Karan Johar's Plea For Protection Of Personality Rights

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 17) orally indicated that it shall pass an interim injunction order in favour of Bollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar in his plea seeking protection of his personality rights against certain alleged infringing content. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that Defendants 14, 15 and 16 which includes social media intermediaries Google, Meta and X will provide Basic Subscriber Information details along with IT log details. The...

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...