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Delhi High Court to decide 3 celebrity personality rights cases together
Delhi High Court to decide 3 celebrity personality rights cases together
The Delhi High Court on Monday said it will first hear and decide three specific suits filed by actors Vivek Oberoi and Janhvi Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan to determine…
The Delhi High Court on Monday said it will first hear and decide three specific suits filed by actors Vivek Oberoi and Janhvi Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan to determine the scope of personality rights. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said he wants to chip away at what is not personality right to arrive at a definitive definition. The court declined to take up a large batch of petitions together, saying it would complicate adjudication.
During the hearing, the court orally asked whether clicking a celebrity's photograph and using it would violate personality rights when copyright vests with the photographer. The court also quipped about blanket takedowns of fan accounts, saying it could affect free speech. The three suits will be heard next on Wednesday. The court had on August 11 directed removal of pornographic content concerning Kapoor but refused a blanket ban on fan pages.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both Barandbench and LiveLaw reported the same hearing with neutral-report framing, focusing on the court's procedural decision to limit the batch to three cases and its key legal question about copyright versus personality rights. The coverage is uniform straight reporting with no discernible slant. The core tension the court will address is whether a photographer's copyright can override a celebrity's personality right to control use of their image, a question with wide implications for influencers and public figures. The next hearing on Wednesday will test how the court balances these competing interests.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): barandbench.com (neutral report), livelaw.in (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
