Overview
- The court granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of actor Varun Dhawan, with an order dated May 29 restraining defendants from unauthorised commercial use of his persona.
- The restraint explicitly covers technologies such as artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, deepfakes, AI chatbots and face‑morphing tools used to create or spread manipulated content.
- Platforms and intermediaries were ordered to remove 168 identified URLs and to take down any newly notified infringing content within 36 hours of communication from Dhawan.
- The order bars the sale or facilitation of unauthorised merchandise and fake booking claims and directs government defendants to act to block URLs hosting pornographic or derogatory content.
- Major platforms named in the suit — including YouTube, Meta and X — must disclose Basic Subscriber Information for identified accounts, a step that could speed tracing of operators and sharpen enforcement of personality rights as the case proceeds to August 5 and an October 1 hearing.