Actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Junior, popularly known as NTR Jr, has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights [Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao v Ashok Kumar/John Doe and Ors]. .The matter came up before Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora on Monday when Senior Advocate J Sai Deepak appeared for the Telugu star and informed the Court about several materials present on e-commerce platforms and social media sites infringing his personality rights. After hearing the case, the Court ordered the e-commerce platforms and social media companies to treat NTR Jr’s suit as a complaint under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 and take necessary steps in three days. The Court stated that it will hear the case again on December 22 and issue a comprehensive order regarding NTR Jr.’s personality rights. “We will pass the formal order on the next date,” Justice Arora remarked. .Notably, the Court while hearing personality rights case of Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan on November 27 had said that the parties approaching the Court must first avail the statutory remedies under the 2021 IT Rules and ask the social media intermediaries to act on their grievance regarding removal of defamatory and derogatory material..Advocates Dr Alka Dahar, Shiv Verma, Khushi Jain, Varun Sharma and Pankhudi Tripathi of Law Offices of India, Advocates and Advisor represented NTR Junior. .Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.
