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Celebrities Seek Personality Rights Protection in Delhi HC

Celebrities Seek Personality Rights Protection in Delhi HC
After Bollywood actors, now former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar approaches Delhi HC for protection of personality rights · livemint.com

Sunil Gavaskar, Pawan Kalyan, and other famous people like actors and singers have asked the Delhi High Court to stop others from using their name, picture, and other personal details without permission.

They want to make sure no one can use these things for money or other purposes without asking them first.

The court has told social media companies to take action on these requests within a few days.

This is similar to what other famous people have done to protect their personal information.

The court has been very active in making sure celebrities have control over how their personal information is used, especially with all the fake pictures and videos that are being made these days.

The next hearing is on December 22.

Key facts

Petitioners
Sunil Gavaskar, Pawan Kalyan, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Karan Johar, Kumar Sanu, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sudhir Chaudhary, Raj Shamani, Salman Khan, NTR Rao Junior
Court
Delhi High Court
Judge
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora
Issues Addressed
Unauthorized use of name, image, likeness, and persona
Recent Court Actions
Delhi HC ordered social media intermediaries to act on Pawan Kalyan's plea within seven days
Legal Recognition
Court recognized exclusive rights over commercial use of persona
Concerns Raised
Impersonations violate publicity rights, privacy, and dignity
Next Hearing
December 22

Timeline

  1. Gavaskar's IPL remarks spark legal move.

  2. He seeks court protection for image rights.

  3. Delhi High Court approached for name-use prevention.

Quotes

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora

Justice of the Delhi High Court

“You know about my order, no? You have to first approach the intermediaries. Let them act on your complaint. I don’t know why parties are not using that mechanism. We can take this up after 10 days. They can examine your complaint by then, and you can come back. It will largely take care of your grievance.”
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