Delhi Excessive Courtroom directs takedown of posts with unauthorised merchandise of Sunil Gavaskar in addition to his faux quotes
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom requested Meta, X Corp, and totally different e-commerce platforms to supervise the elimination of social media posts attributing incorrect remarks to former India captain Sunil Gavaskar and pages promoting merchandise in his title with out authorization. Sunil Gavaskar’s counsel contended that such remarks might gravely jeopardize his popularity as a broadcaster and cricket pundit on present occasions.
Delhi Excessive Courtroom Grants Ex-Parte Injunction Defending R. Madhavan’s Character Rights Towards AI Deepfakes, Pornographic Content material and Unauthorised Merchandise
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom granted an intensive ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of actor R. Madhavan, restraining a number of defendants and unidentified events from unauthorised industrial exploitation of his title, picture, likeness and voice by AI-generated deepfake movies, morphed pornographic content material, and sale of infringing merchandise. Recognising Madhavan’s well-established character and publicity rights below Articles 19 and 21 of the Structure, the Copyright Act, 1957 and customary regulation, the Courtroom held that such unauthorised use causes irreparable hurt to his goodwill and dignity. The Courtroom directed instant takedown of infringing content material throughout YouTube, Instagram, web sites and e-commerce platforms inside strict timelines, failing which intermediaries had been ordered to disable entry and disclose fundamental subscriber and IP particulars. The Courtroom additional restrained the defendants from any future misuse of Madhavan’s persona by AI or different applied sciences, emphasising that such industrial deepfake content material shouldn’t be protected by free speech or honest dealing rules.
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Bombay Excessive Courtroom directs takedown of morphed photographs of Shilpa Shetty which had been made utilizing AI
The Bombay Excessive Courtroom deemed the AI (synthetic intelligence)-generated and modified images of actor Shilpa Shetty “extraordinarily disturbing and surprising” and ordered main social media corporations to right away delete and take away all such hyperlinks and web sites. The actress moved the Bombay Excessive Courtroom for defense of her character rights, alleging that AI instruments had been used to clone her voice and mannerisms to make modified images, books, and different objects with out her permission. The actress additionally filed an injunction utility searching for route to take away the content material and prohibiting them from using her title, voice, or picture with out permission.
Novex Communications Pvt. Ltd. v. The Phoenix Mills Ltd. & Ors.: Bombay Excessive Courtroom Grants Advert-Interim Injunction for Unauthorised Public Efficiency of Sound Recordings
By an order dated 19 December 2025, the Bombay Excessive Courtroom granted ad-interim injunction in favour of Novex Communications Personal Restricted towards The Phoenix Mills Restricted and Others in a quia timet copyright infringement motion. The Courtroom held that Novex had made out a prima facie case of possession and licensing rights over the involved sound recordings by project and unique licence agreements and accepted video and affidavit proof exhibiting unauthorised public efficiency of its repertoire at occasions held on the defendants’ premises in September and October 2025. Rejecting the defendants’ rivalry that they weren’t liable because the occasions had been organised by third events, the Courtroom relied on Part 51(a)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957, holding that allowing premises for use for revenue for infringing communication itself constitutes infringement. The Courtroom distinguished the Division Bench resolution in Phonographic Efficiency Ltd. v. Avion Hospitality Pvt. Ltd., noting that Part 51(a)(ii) had not been thought of therein, and accordingly restrained the defendants from speaking Novex’s sound recordings or permitting their premises for use for infringing acts pending disposal of the swimsuit.
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Bombay Excessive Courtroom refuses keep on ‘Saat Samundar Paar’ tune within the movie Tu Meri Foremost Tera Foremost Tera Tu Meri
Trimurti Movies Pvt Ltd. was denied pressing interim aid by the Bombay Excessive Courtroom after it sued Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Saregama India for allegedly infringing copyright through the use of a remixed model of the 1992 tune “Saat Samundar Paar” within the upcoming movie Tu Meri Foremost Tera Foremost Tera Tu Meri.
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Kapil Sharma and the producers of the present sued for infringement of copyright earlier than the Bombay Excessive Courtroom
Phonographic Efficiency Restricted (PPL) has moved the Bombay Excessive Courtroom searching for aid towards comic Kapil Sharma’s manufacturing corporations for alleged copyright infringement in his Netflix present ‘The Nice Indian Kapil Present’. Sound recording house owners have filed a lawsuit towards Ok-9 Movies Personal Restricted, BeingU Studios Personal Restricted, Kapil Sharma, Bhavneet Kaur, Akshit Lahoria, and Gurjot Singh, the manufacturing corporations and administrators behind the present that’s presently streaming on Netflix. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh granted the defendants two weeks to answer the plea.
Delhi Excessive Courtroom points instructions to curb on-line frauds – DNRs to lose protected harbour in sure instances
In a landmark ruling addressing the rising issues of felony actions, on-line fraud, and trademark misuse, the Delhi Excessive Courtroom has issued broad orders to area title registrars (DNRs), banks, authorities establishments, and regulation enforcement businesses in a batch of issues.
Bombay Excessive Courtroom injuncted Fedex Securities Personal Restricted from utilizing ‘Fedex’ in trademark case
The Bombay Excessive Courtroom prohibited Fedex Securities Personal Restricted and its group companies from utilizing the mark ‘FEDEX’, citing trademark infringement, passing off, and dilution of Federal Specific Company’s well-known mark. Justice RI Chagla dominated that Fedex Securities’ use of ‘Fedex’ for monetary companies violated and degraded FedEx’s well-known trademark.
A industrial court docket at Tis Hazari in Delhi has handed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction towards digital impersonation of ‘Badshah Broking’
A industrial court docket in Tis Hazari, Delhi, has granted an ex-parte advert interim injunction in favour of monetary educator Sehdev Sehgal and his related entities, restraining unknown impersonators and directing main on-line platforms to take motion towards large-scale digital impersonation and alleged on-line fraud carried out within the title of ‘Badshah broking’.