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Delhi High Court Shields Jr NTR’s Personality Rights With Sweeping John Doe Order

The interim order also compels platforms to show how they handle takedown requests under the IT Rules, 2021.

Overview

  • Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora restrained any direct or indirect commercial use of Jr NTR’s name, image or likeness, including AI-generated content and GIFs.
  • The court ordered takedown of infringing listings and permitted non-infringing sites affected by blocking to seek modification of the injunction.
  • E-commerce platforms, including Amazon, must file replies outlining policies for complaints on trademark or copyright infringement and unauthorized use of image and likeness.
  • Social and e-commerce intermediaries were told to treat the suit as a complaint under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
  • A further hearing is set for May 19, 2026, and Jr NTR publicly thanked the court and his legal team following the order.