Shashi Tharoor Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of His Personality Rights, Hearing Tomorrow

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights.

Tharoor's suit will be heard tomorrow by Justice Mini Pushkarna.

Tharoor has named various individuals as defendants, including John Does (unknown individuals).

It may be noted that the Court has been protecting the personality rights of Entrepreneur Aman Gupta, Telugu actor Allu Arjun, 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 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: Shashi Tharoor v. Ashok Kumar & Ors