Filmmaker Karan Johar Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of His 'Personality Rights', Order On Wednesday

After actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and actor Abhishek Bachchan, Filmmaker and producer Karan Johar moved the Delhi High Court on Monday (September 15) seeking protection of his personality rights. 

Johar moved a lawsuit before the high court claiming that various entities have been using his name, image etc without his consent for monetary gains.

After hearing the matter for some time, Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora listed the matter on Wednesday (September 17) for passing appropriate order in the matter.

The court during the hearing today also perused the various impugned links and URLs (alleged infringing content) mentioned in Johar's suit.

Notably, the high court had last week passed an order protecting personality rights of actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan observing that unauthorized exploitation of personal attributes of an individual violates right to privacy and undermines the right to live with dignity. 

A co-ordinate bench restrained various entities from misusing the personal attributes of the actress like her name and images by employing technological tools, including Artificial Intelligence.

Meanwhile in her actor-husband Abhishek Bachchan's similar lawsuit, the court also protected his personality rights by restraining various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent or authorization.

The co-ordinate bench observed that use of technology to depict Bachchan in settings that are misleading, derogatory or inappropriate, intrudes upon the his right to privacy.

Case title: KARAN JOHAR v/s ASHOK KUMAR/JOHN DOE & ORS.

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