Overview
- Chadha filed the suit on May 20 seeking urgent takedown of alleged AI‑generated deepfakes, morphed visuals, synthetic voice clones and fabricated speeches and named social platforms and John Doe defendants.
- The single‑judge bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad heard the interim application on Thursday, May 21 and orally said prima facie the contested material appears to criticise Chadha’s decision to join the BJP rather than plainly violate personality rights.
- The court declined to grant immediate interim injunctive relief and reserved its order while noting the thin, fact‑sensitive line between fair political criticism and actionable defamation.
- Justice Prasad indicated the court may appoint an amicus curiae to help on technical and constitutional questions and allowed Chadha to amend his petition to press defamation claims if he chooses.
- The case joins a growing set of Delhi High Court suits about AI‑enabled impersonation and will be watched for how the court balances Article 19 free‑speech protections, platform takedown requests and reputational harms to public figures.