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Delhi High Court to Order Takedowns Protecting Nagarjuna’s Personality Rights

The court is applying a template of interim, URL-specific relief that tasks platforms with removing identified links.

Overview

  • Justice Tejas Karia said the court will pass orders directing intermediaries to remove 14 specified URLs infringing Nagarjuna Akkineni’s name, image and voice.
  • Counsel outlined three misuse categories in the suit: pornographic content, unlicensed merchandising, and AI-generated videos on platforms such as YouTube.
  • The bench noted the practical limits of enforcement, observing that once content circulates online, generative AI systems may continue to ingest it.
  • The move follows recent Delhi High Court interim protections granted to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Karan Johar against unauthorized exploitation of their persona.
  • Nagarjuna publicly thanked the court after the hearing, acknowledging the protection extended to his personality and publicity rights.