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The Delhi High Court connected Friday (December 12, 2025) directed societal media intermediaries to enactment wrong 7 days connected erstwhile cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar's plea seeking extortion of his property rights.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked Mr. Gavaskar's counsel to archetypal attack the societal media intermediaries with his grievances.
The High Court directed the societal media intermediaries to dainty Mr. Gavaskar's suit arsenic a ailment nether the Information and Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 and instrumentality the indispensable steps wrong 7 days.
The Court said successful lawsuit the societal media intermediaries person immoderate reservations to immoderate weblink fixed by Mr. Gavaskar, they should pass him.
It directed the plaintiff to supply wrong 24 hours the URLs successful respect of which instrumentality down is sought to the societal media intermediaries.
Mr. Gavaskar approached the High Court seeking to forestall the unauthorised usage of his name, images, persona and likeness by societal media platforms and e-commerce websites, and to support his property rights.
The close to publicity, popularly known arsenic property rights, is the close to protect, power and nett from one's image, sanction oregon likeness.
Recently, Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, her hubby Abhishek Bachchan and her mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgn, filmmaker Karan Johar, vocalist Kumar Sanu, Telugu histrion Akkineni Nagarjuna, 'Art of Living' laminitis Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, writer Sudhir Chaudhary and podcaster Raj Shamani besides approached the precocious tribunal seeking extortion of their property and publicity rights. The tribunal granted them interim relief.
Bollywood histrion Salman Khan and Telugu histrion NTR Rao Junior person besides approached the Delhi High Court seeking extortion of their property rights.
