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Noted vocalist Kumar Sanu has approached the Delhi High Court seeking extortion of his property and publicity rights, including his name, voice, vocal benignant and technique, etc.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora is apt to perceive the plea connected Monday (October 13, 2025).
In his plea, Mr. Sanu sought extortion of his property and publicity rights, including his name, voice, vocal benignant and technique, vocal arrangements and interpretations, mannerism and mode of singing, images, caricatures, photographs, likeness and signature.
He besides sought extortion against unauthorised/unlicensed usage and/or commercialized exploitation by 3rd parties, which is apt to make disorder oregon deception and dilution among the public.
The suit, filed done advocates Shikha Sachdeva and Sana Raees Khan, besides pertains to the usurpation of Mr. Sanu's motivation rights successful his performances conferred upon him by virtuousness of provisions of the Copyright Act.
The plea claimed the defendants are violating Mr. Sanu's property and publicity rights by extracting his name, voice, likeness and persona.
The vocalist is besides aggrieved by assorted GIFs, and audio and video recordings containing his performances and voice, which bring disrepute to him and marque him a taxable of "unsavoury humour", thereby violating his motivation rights successful his performances, the plea claimed.
Mr. Sanu is besides aggrieved by contented made utilizing artificial quality to clone his voice, vocal benignant and technique, vocal arrangements and interpretations, mode of singing and morphing of his face, including making of merchandise.
"Such merchandise and audios/videos of the plaintiff make revenues for the defendants, arsenic they are uploaded and streamed connected societal networking websites, including but not constricted to Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, which make gross based connected the fig of clicks oregon views to a peculiar image/video," the suit said.
"Such acts besides magnitude to an effort astatine mendacious endorsements and passing disconnected and hence indispensable beryllium restrained by an bid of injunction by this court," it said.
