The Delhi High Court will order Meta and Google to remove web links misusing Gautam Gambhir’s name and images for fake merchandise and deepfake videos. Gambhir has sought ₹2.5 crore damages over AI-generated videos, impersonation, and unauthorised commercial use of his identity.
The Delhi High Court protected Sonakshi Sinha’s personality rights, barring unauthorized use of her image, voice or likeness by platforms including AI chatbots, prohibiting merchandise sales, and directing removal of infringing links within 36 hours.
Indian men’s team coach Gautam Gambhir moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of personality rights, claiming Rs 2.5 crore damages for alleged misuse of his name, images, AI videos, deepfakes, and seeking removal of infringing online content.
The Delhi High Court granted interim protection to yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s personality rights, restraining unauthorised use of his name, image, voice, and AI-generated deepfakes. Platforms including Google, Meta, and X must remove infringing URLs within 72 hours.
The Bombay High Court held that Shatrughan Sinha’s iconic “Khamosh” dialogue is exclusively connected to his personal identity alone. It further prohibited using his name, images, voice or any other personal attributes to create online content without consent.
The Delhi High Court moved to protect singer Jubin Nautiyal’s personality rights but sharply questioned why celebrities avoid their local courts, asking pointedly whether Uttarakhand lacks jurisdiction or even access to platforms like Google in such legal disputes.
Shatrughan Sinha moved the Bombay High Court for protection of rights, alleging online misuse and his “Khamosh” dialogue. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh reserved orders on relief, as Sinha invoked privacy under Article 21 and performers’ rights, warning clips damage reputation.
The Delhi High Court has protected actor Vivek Oberoi’s personality rights, barring entities from exploiting his name, voice, image, or signature. The court said, “He has a right to protect his personality apart from all attributes from unauthorized access by unscrupulous infringers.”
Actor and entrepreneur Vivek Oberoi has approached the Delhi High Court against the unauthorised use of his name, image and voice in AI-generated and deepfake content. He said such content is vulgar, misleading and damaging to his reputation and business goodwill.
The Delhi High Court has restrained the release and circulation of an AI-generated film that used the name, image and voice of Akira Nandan, son of Pawan Kalyan, without consent. The Court held that such unauthorised AI and deepfake content violates personality, publicity and privacy rights and directed immediate takedown of infringing material.
