Personality Rights Going Out of Hand, Says Delhi High Court While Hearing Janhvi Kapoor's Plea
The court ordered removal of obscene and pornographic links while saying personality-rights claims cannot be used to curb free speech or fan pages.
- On Tuesday, Actor Janhvi Kapoor approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her personality rights, alleging that AI-generated deepfakes and obscene content were being circulated using her name and likeness.
- Kapoor requested the removal of more than 5000 webpages and social media posts, citing widespread AI impersonation, deepfake pornographic material, and chatbots that were allegedly commercially exploiting her image and personality.
- Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani expressed a need for "sanity" in personality rights, noting the issue "is going out of hand" while questioning how to restrict content without suppressing legitimate free speech.
- The Delhi High Court issued an interim order directing the takedown of clearly obscene and pornographic material, though Justice Bhambhani cautioned against blanket restrictions on fan clubs that might involve satire or criticism.
- With the next hearing set for August 17, the court ordered Kapoor's legal team to classify the more than 4,000 URLs to distinguish between clearly objectionable content and protected expression.
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The Delhi High Court denied Janhvi Kapoor a broad injunction in her personality rights case, requiring a categorised list of URLs for consideration.
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The Delhi High Court refused to grant a blanket injunction in Janhvi Kapoor's personality rights plea but directed the removal of links carrying obscene and pornographic content.
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Janhvi Kapoor seeks ban over deepfakes and obscene content; Delhi High Court questions blanket action against fan pages
Janhvi Kapoor has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her personality rights after allegedly objectionable content, impersonation accounts and AI-generated deepfake images using her name and likeness surfaced online. During the hearing on Tuesday, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani indicated that the court was inclined to issue an ex parte ad-interim order directing the removal of clearly obscene and profane material.However, the co…
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