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Delhi High Court orders takedown of unauthorised Alakh Pandey content
The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of online material that allegedly impersonates PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey, uses his identity for unauthorised commercial gain, or contains obscene content. Justice Anup Jairam…
The Story in Brief
The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of online material that allegedly impersonates PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey, uses his identity for unauthorised commercial gain, or contains obscene content. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani also directed Google, X and Telegram to provide subscriber details linked to identified URLs and accounts. Pandey’s suit names the platforms and unidentified defendants.
Pandey alleges misuse of his name, image, voice, teaching style and catchphrase through fake profiles, Telegram channels, stickers, GIFs, edited videos and coupon scams. Medianama reports that a YouTube video calling him “scamwala”, with about 50,000 views, was kept outside the interim order for separate consideration. The matter is listed for further hearing in November.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy narrative is that the order shields a public figure from all criticism. It does not: the court separated a disputed “scamwala” video from allegedly obscene, impersonating and commercial material. The opposite claim, that every meme or parody is harmless, is just as careless when fake accounts can mislead students or sell products. The next useful test is the court’s later reasoning on where criticism ends and unlawful identity misuse begins.
Sources (2): medianama.com, legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
