Actor Allu Arjun Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights; Hearing Tomorrow

Telugu actor Allu Arjun has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.

The matter will be heard tomorrow by Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.

The actor has sought relief against use of his personality traits, including his name, images, voice etc, without his authorization and consent.

The suit has also been filed against commercial use of his personality rights in merchandises for commercial gain without his consent.

It may be noted that the Court has been protecting the personality rights of Malayalam actor Mohanlal, spiritual preacher Aniruddhacharya, singer Jubin Nautiyal, Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Pawan Kalyan, 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 recently 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: ALLU ARJUN v. FRANKLY RETAIL PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS