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Educator and former civil servant Vikas Divyakirti moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking protection of his personality rights.

The matter was listed before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav who said that the case be heard by a coordinate bench already seized with the issue of personality rights.

The counsel appearing for Divyakirti, founder of Drishti IAS coaching institute, said that the suit seeks protection of personality rights and there are three kinds of violations, including fake profiles.

Since it was pointed out that the issue with respect to personality rights is engaging attention of a coordinate bench in various cases, the Court ordered:

“Under the aforesaid circumstances, let this matter be also listed before the bench hearing the issue relating to personality rights. List before the roster bench on Tuesday.”

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.

Title: DR VIKAS DIVYAKIRTI v. META PLATFORMS INC & ORS

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