Delhi High Court Issues Summons In Actor And BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's Suit Against Obscene, AI Generated Content
Bollywood actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking protection of her personality rights.
Justice Vikas Mahajan issued summons in the suit and also issued notice on the interim injunction application filed by the actress.
The counsel appearing for Ranaut told Court that she was aggrieved by pornographic and obscene content posted against her on social media.
He further referred to AI generated content against the actress, saying that a fact check proves that the offending content is AI generated. He said that the fact check said that there is “no such real photograph.”
The Court asked the actress' counsel to give names of the defendants against whom takedown order was being sought.
An order may now be passed in the interim injunction application. The suit is listed for hearing next in February, 2027.
It may be noted that the Court has been protecting the personality rights of actress Tabu, cricketers Abhishek Sharma and Yuvraj Singh, 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.