personality rights
Intellectual Property Rights October 2025: A monthly digest of key IPR developments
Bringing together the most important IPR decisions from High Courts across India, this roundup offers an overview of October’s major developments in copyright, trade mark, and personality rights, along with notable updates from related legal domains.
HIGH COURT OCTOBER 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP [20th — 26th October] | Use of residential premises as lawyer’s office; Medical Representative if a ‘workman’; Rights of adopted child; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Justice P.B. Bajanthri, 46th Chief Justice of Patna High Court, retires after a tenure of 1 month
Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri was appointed as Chief Justice of Patna High Court in September 2025.
Bombay High Court condemns realistic AI deepfake video targeting Akshay Kumar, orders urgent takedown to protect his personality rights and public safety
“Both in the context of images and videos, the morphing is so sophisticated and deceptive that it is virtually impossible to discern that the same are not genuine images/videos of the Akshya Kumar.”
What are Personality Rights? The rise of Celebrity Lawsuits Explained
This article explains the concept of personality rights and how a surge in celebrity lawsuits is reshaping the law on identity, privacy, and digital misuse in India.
‘This case warrants immediate grant of ex-parte ad-interim relief’; Bombay HC protects Suniel Shetty from AI deepfakes and misuse of persona
Defendant 1 was circulating AI-generated images/ deepfakes falsely depicting Suniel Shetty and his family members in obscene and salacious manner on various social media platforms.
‘The Art of Living’ Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Personality Rights protected: Inside Delhi High Court ruling
“Defendant 1 is circulating fabricated videos of Ravi Shankar on Facebook and on other independent websites, utilizing advanced AI technologies, including ‘deepfake’ tools, to digitally impersonate the plaintiff’s voice, facial expressions, persona and likeness, thereby creating a false impression amongst the world at large that Ravi Shankar is personally speaking, endorsing or promoting the content therein.”
Delhi HC grants interim injunction to Telugu Actor Nagarjuna in Personality Rights case; Restrains misuse of his name, image, and voice without consent
“The depiction of the Akkineni Nagarjuna in settings that are misleading, derogatory and inappropriate will inevitably have the effect of diluting the goodwill and reputation associated with him.”
Delhi High Court protects Karan Johar’s Personality Rights; grants interim injunction
“Given the commercial value of these publicity rights, a celebrity is entitled to safeguard his interest against any misuse of the personality attributes which includes his name, image, voice and likeness.”
Delhi High Court grants interim injunction in favour of Abhishek Bachchan to protect his Personality Rights
This order is in line with the 9-9-2025 order favoring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who had filed a similar petition seeking identical reliefs.
‘Entitled to safeguard his privacy’; Bombay HC grants interim relief to Sonu Nigam against impersonation by Sonu Nigam Singh on ‘X’
“Sonu Nigam Singh’s actions could not be considered innocent, and the misrepresentation caused among members of the general public was not a matter of coincidence and thus his conduct was ex facie dishonest and reeked of mala fide.”
Inside Delhi High Court order granting relief to Anjana Om Kashyap in personality rights suit over Deepfake YouTube Channel
It is the case of the plaintiff that an unknown person/person, arraigned in the suit as Defendant 2 has started a YouTube channel under the name of ‘@AnajanaomKashya’
Delhi HC grants interim protection to Sadhguru’s personality rights; restrains misuse of his rights through AI
The Court observed that many accounts on YouTube channels and Meta’s social media platforms are using modern day technology to modify the voice, image, likeness etc. of Sadhguru to garner more views and subscribers to piggyback on his name and reputation.
HIGH COURT MAY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Karan Johar’s personality rights; Former MP Harinarayan Rajbhar’s Bail; Swaran Rekha River Revival; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
‘Violates Director Karan Johar’s personality rights’; Bombay HC refuses to allow release of film “Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar”
“Merely because the Central Board of Film Certification (‘CBFC’) certificate is obtained for the film, the same does not restrict the applicant’s right to take action against the film for violation of his rights.”
HIGH COURT DECEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Harsh Beniwal; Swarn Rekha River Revival Project; Sabarimala Pilgrimage; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Delhi HC protects personality rights of renowned cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty; temporarily restrains infringement of Narayana Health trade marks
It is submitted that Plaintiff 1 is a ‘celebrity’ and has a valid and enforceable personality right. He satisfies the dual test of personality rights, viz. having a valid and enforceable personality right on account of being a well-known reputed personality and the same is clearly identifiable in the infringing content uploaded by Defendants 1-8 and 13 on their social media accounts.
‘AI tools infringe individual’s right to control and protect their own likeness/voice’; Bombay HC grants ad-interim injunction in favour of Arijit Singh to protect his personality rights
Making AI tools available that enable conversion of any voice into that of a celebrity without their permission constitutes a violation of their personality rights and such tools facilitate unauthorized appropriation and manipulation of a celebrity’s voice, which is a key component of their personal identity and public persona.
Delhi High Court restrains ‘Baap Ki Adalat’ for infringing Rajat Sharma’s popular show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’ marks
Independent News Service Private Limited was incorporated in the year 1997 by its Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Rajat Sharma and got the permission from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government to uplink its 24 hours Hindi News channel called INDIA TV.