Delhi High Court To Hear BJP MP Raghav Chadha's Suit For Protection Of Personality Rights Tomorrow

BJP MP Raghav Chadha has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.

The matter will be heard tomorrow by Justice Subramonium Prasad.

Chadha has sought a john doe relief against unknown entities, as well as various other known defendants, to restrain them from exploiting his personal traits, including his photos, without his consent.

Chadha is represented by Advocates Satatya Anand and Nikhil Aradhe.

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: RAGHAV CHADHA v. ASHOK KUMAR JOHN DOE AND ORS