Protecting Celebrity Rights or Restricting Free Speech? – The Karan Johar v. India Pride Advisory Case
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Introduction
In the case of Karan Johar v. India Pride Advisory Pvt. Ltd., the Bombay High Court delivered a significant ruling, issuing a restraining order against the release of the film “Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar” / “Shadi Ke Director Karan Johar”. The Court halted the film's release and...
Recently, the Telangana High Court, while hearing an appeal filed by Ram Gopal Varma observed that the right to privacy does not apply to incidents which are already in Public domain.
In this article, we attempt to take a closer look at the present case and the existing jurisprudence in...
T Series v. Dreamline Reality Movies – Personality Rights do not exist if you are NOT a celebrity.
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Introduction:
The Additional District Judge, Ludhiana had passed an order dated 23rd November,2023, whereby Dreamline Reality Movies (“Respondents / Dreamline”) were granted an order to restrain Super Cassette Industries Private Limited (“Appellant / T Series”) from producing, telecasting, selling or releasing the movie “Dear Jassi” until the final determination of...
Guest Post: The Kiss Cam Chaos: How Moment Marketing Blurs Privacy and Personality Rights
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Authors: Yukta Chordia and Kanika Chhajerh
The incident that took place at the Coldplay concert between Astronomer’s CEO Andy Byron and its Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot has become one of the most talked-about moments in recent memory. What started as a spontaneous interaction has snowballed into a corporate controversy...
MADRAS HIGH COURT REFUSES TO STAY RELEASE OF ALLEGED BIOPIC ON JAYALALITHA ‘QUEEN’ AND ‘THALAIVI’ [READ ORDER]
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In the suit filed by Late AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa’s niece, Deepa Jayakumar, before the Madras High Court, seeking a stay on two in-production projects, allegedly based on the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s life –a film “Thalaivi” and a web series “Queen”- will tell the politician’s story, the Madras...
JAYALALITHAA’S ALLEGED BIOPIC “QUEEN” AND “THALAIVI” IN LEGAL TROUBLE – JAYALALITHAA’S NIECE DEEPA JAYAKUMAR MOVES THE MADRAS HIGH COURT AGAINST THE BIOPIC MAKERS
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Late AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa’s niece, Deepa Jayakumar, has moved the Madras High Court, seeking a stay on two in-production projects, allegedly based on the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s life. Deepa Jayakumar is concerned about the honesty with which the two projects --a film “Thalaivi” and a web series...
EX BANDIT MALKHAN SINGH AND JANDEL SINGH MOVE GWALIOR BENCH OF MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT AGAINST SONCHIRAIYA [READ ORDER]
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Ex Bandit Malkhan Singh who had unleashed a reign of terror in the Chambal valley in 1970s has filed a petition in the Gwalior Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court claiming that the feature film “Sonchiraiya” which has been released which is based on his life but same...





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