Pawan Kalyan facebook
News

Delhi HC orders social media firms to act on AP Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan's personality rights violation

Kalyan has sued social media intermediares, e-commerce platforms and many others for violating his personality rights.

Prashant Jha

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked social media platforms Meta, Google and X to act on Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan's complaint regarding entities violating his personality rights.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora ordered the intermediaries to decide on the actor-turned politician's complaints within a week.

"Plaintiff to submit details of infringing links with the intermediaries within two days. Intermediaries to take action within one week. if the intermediaries have any reservations, they can communicate to the plaintiff," the Court said.

It then listed the case for further consideration on December 22.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora

The Court passed the order on a personality rights suit filed by Kalyan alleging that several entities on social media platforms and e-commerce sites were using elements of his persona for commercial gains without authorisation.

Senior Advocate J Sai Deepak appeared for Kalyan and stated that as per the High Court's orders in the Ajay Devgan case, the plaintiff's lawyers had written to the intermediaries but got no satisfactory response and that many infringing materials continue to remain online.

The Court then said that Kalyan can submit the URLs with the intermediaries which will act on the same within a week.

"Mr Sai Deepak, we will take it up after 10 days, let them (intermediaries) take action in the meantime," Justice Arora said.

Along with Senior Advocate Sai Deepak, advocates Himanshu Deora, Rahul Mehta, Arpit Choudhary, Sukrit Kapoor, Krunal Mehta, Anupriya Alok, Sambhavi Sharma, Sanat Saswadkar, Sambhavi Bhardwaj and Karen Koya of King Stubb & Kasiva represented Pawan Kalyan.

[Read Live Coverage]

"Rare nowadays": Supreme Court appreciates woman for not demanding alimony in divorce settlement

I am not someone who will take browbeating: CJI Surya Kant

Indigo moves Delhi High Court for refund of over ₹900 crore customs duty on re-import of aircraft parts

RB LawCorp is looking to hire Senior Associate (GST) in Noida

[Kerala actress gang rape] Not bothered by personal attacks but don't distort court proceedings: Judge Honey Varghese warns media, lawyers

SCROLL FOR NEXT