Cricketer Abhishek Sharma Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
Cricketer Abhishek Sharma has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.
The matter was listed today before Justice Jyoti Singh who asked Sharma's counsel to file an additional affidavit bringing on record relevant screenshots of the impugned content matching with the tables mentioned in the plaint.
The counsel appearing for Meta took the Court through 8 URLs.
After perusing the screenshots, the Court said that it cannot pass an order in a situation where the impugned links do not match with the table mentioned in the annexure.
The Court clarified that it is not saying that it is not inclined to pass an order in favour of Sharma but, the additional affidavit has to be filed.
The matter is now listed on Thursday.
It may be noted that the Court has been protecting the personality rights of political figures like Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Pawan Kalyan.
It has also protected rights of entrepreneur Aman Gupta, Telugu actor Allu Arjun, Malayalam actor Mohanlal, spiritual preacher Aniruddhacharya, singer Jubin Nautiyal, former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, and actors Kajol Devgan, R Madhavan and NTR Junior. Similar suit has been filed by actor Salman Khan.
The coordinate benches have also passed orders protecting the personality rights of “The Art of Living” foundation founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Telugu actor Nagarjuna, Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and film producer Karan Johar.
Notably, the Court also protected the personality rights of journalist Sudhir Chaudhary, who had sought relief regarding the circulation of allegedly misleading and AI-generated videos against him on social media.
The Court also passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of podcaster Raj Shamani, observing that he is a known face in India, especially in the field of content creation.
Title: Abhishek Sharma v. John Doe & Ors