Delhi HC protects personality rights of Telugu actor Akira Nandan; halts release of AI film using his identity
Defendant 1 had created and circulated AI-morphed content of the plaintiff including a movie titled ‘AI Love Story’
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Delhi High Court passes John Doe order protecting Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan’s Personality Rights
The grievance of the plaintiff arose from the manufacture, sale, promotion, and distribution of merchandise such as T-shirts, posters, mugs, keychains, and other products bearing his name, photographs, likeness, and persona, without authorisation.
Bombay High Court orders immediate takedown of AI-generated deepfake content infringing Shilpa Shetty Kudra’s privacy and dignity
“A person’s much less a woman’s dignity cannot be publicly maligned or defamed that too without consent which is the sine qua non for such publications.”
Continued online circulation of arrest reports after discharge violates Right to Dignity; Delhi High Court upholds interim de-indexing against Media House
While the media enjoys freedom of speech and expression, but such right is not absolute and stands correspondingly delimited by the right of an individual to dignity and reputation.
Right to privacy of students protected: Orissa High Court directs inclusion of refusal clause in APAAR ID Scheme
“If it is intended to be a voluntary act, appropriate provisions clearly specifying such fact ought to have been incorporated in the form by providing option to the parents to refuse to submit their consent or to opt out of it entirely.”
Mandatory services & package rate display; No denial of emergency aid: Kerala HC upholds State Clinical Establishments Act
“The Act does not create new constraints; rather, it operationalises the constitutional duties through a registration-cum-standards regime, a transparency mandate, and enforceable minimum requirements for emergency care and stabilisation.”
Production of Call Details in Criminal Trial prevails over Police Privacy Rights; Accused to prove necessity: Punjab and Haryana High Court
“It enables the Court to secure important documentary evidence that may be in the possession of individuals or organization and helps prevent the destruction, tampering or loss of crucial documents, thereby maintaining the integrity of the judicial process.”
MeitY introduces SOP mandating 24-Hour Deadline for Takedown of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery
Read about MeitY’s SOP mandating a 24-hour deadline to remove non-consensual intimate imagery online, empowering victims to reclaim their digital dignity.
No DNA Test unless Section 112 Presumption of Legitimacy is rebutted and paternity question linked to offence: Inside Supreme Court Ruling
“Scientific procedures, however advanced, cannot be employed as instruments of speculation; they must be anchored in demonstrable relevance to the charge and justified by compelling investigative need.”
“The film is an inspiration and fiction”: Madhya Pradesh HC denies relief to Shah Bano’s daughter against release of ‘Haq’ Movie
“Since the film is an inspiration and a fiction, some amount of leeway is certainly permissible and merely because the same is done, it cannot be said that there has been any sensationalization or false portrayal.”
Karnataka High Court rules against disclosure of passport details under RTI citing right to privacy and personal danger
“The exemption under Section 8 of the RTI Act is available to information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders.”
Interference of State authorities in conversion procedure under UP Conversion Act is conspicuous: Supreme Court
While quashing multiple FIRs under UP Conversion Act, 2021, the Court observed that statutory requirement of making public the personal details of each person who has converted to a different religion, may require a deeper examination.
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.”
Karnataka High Court declines blanket stay on socio-educational survey of State population; Directs voluntary participation and data confidentiality
“The balance of convenience does not persuade this Court to grant a blanket stay on the impugned Survey.”
‘Compelling DNA test without imminent need violates right to privacy and dignity’: Karnataka High Court quashes order permitting DNA test in partition suit
“The concerned Court has treated the DNA test as a frolicsome act and ordered as a matter of course. Right to privacy and dignity is lost sight of.”
‘Person’s right to privacy cannot override right of child to know parentage’: P&H HC dismisses plea challenging order for DNA test
“The evidence is to be led by both the sides, but the question arises, when the paternity can be affixed by surer test, then why decision based on legal presumption or gathering of inference, on the basis of the evidence or any gap, on account of misjudgment, be left.”
Supreme Court July 2025 | Stories & Judgments on Electoral Roll revision; Recorded spousal conversations; Tribal woman’s right to ancestral property and more
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‘Apprehension of possible tampering not a valid reason to refuse forensic examination’; Madras HC allows forensic analysis of pen drive & video recording in corruption case
“The accused is entitled to a fair opportunity to disprove the allegations against him. Denial of access to forensic comparison in the face of specific electronic material forming part of defence evidence amounts to curtailment of such a right.”
Husband compelling wife to share phone or bank account passwords amounts to violation of privacy: Chhattisgarh HC
“The husband cannot compel the wife to share her passwords of the cellphone or bank account and such an act would amount to a violation of privacy and potentially, domestic violence. There should be a balance between marital privacy and the need for transparency and at the same time trust in the relationship.”