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The Delhi High Court connected Friday (December 12, 2025) directed societal media intermediaries to enactment wrong 7 days connected Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan's plea seeking extortion of his property rights.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora noted that the person has already approached the societal media intermediaries with his grievances.
In a akin substance concerning histrion Ajay Devgn, the Court clarified portion granting him interim alleviation that the plaintiffs successful specified matters would person to archetypal lodge their protestation with the societal media intermediaries and past attack the Court.
The Court directed the societal media intermediaries to dainty Mr. Kalyan's plea 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.
It said that successful lawsuit the societal media intermediaries person immoderate reservations astir immoderate links fixed by Mr. Kalyan, they should pass him.
Senior advocator J. Sai Deepak, representing Mr. Kalyan, said the Deputy CM was aggrieved by Artificial Intelligence (AI) videos of him circulating connected Google, impersonation and fake relation contented connected Meta and e-commerce platforms.
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The Court directed the plaintiff to supply the societal media intermediaries wrong 48 hours URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) which helium is seeking to beryllium taken down. It listed the substance for further proceeding connected December 22.
Mr. Kalyan, who is associated with the Janasena Party (JSP), approached the High Court seeking to forestall the unauthorised usage of his sanction and images 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, Abhishek Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, 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 High Court seeking extortion of their property and publicity rights. The Court granted them interim relief.
Bollywood histrion Salman Khan, Telugu histrion NTR Rao Junior and erstwhile cricketer Sunil Gavaskar person besides approached the Delhi High Court seeking extortion of their property rights.
