Overview
- Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy issued a John Doe injunction on January 12 restraining unauthorized commercial use of Kamal Haasan’s name, image, likeness and related attributes.
- The order bars Chennai firm Neeye Vidai and unidentified sellers from marketing T‑shirts and other merchandise featuring his image, name or screen title “Ulaganayagan” without consent until the next hearing.
- The court also restrained the creation and depiction of false or morphed images and videos of the actor across media during the interim period.
- Kamal Haasan must publish notice of the injunction in English and Tamil newspapers to reach unidentified respondents named in the suit.
- Haasan’s filing cites AI-enabled deepfakes and sexually explicit morphs reported by his counsel and seeks permanent injunctions to protect his personality and publicity rights.