The Delhi High Court rules on actor Janhvi Kapoor’s plea seeking removal of alleged obscene and harmful online material. In its order, the court directs actions against specific unlawful content rather than requiring broad removal across large sets of URLs or pages. The court addresses claims involving content described as obscene and also mentions concerns around AI-generated and “fake” material.
The judges also clarify the legal approach to celebrity personality rights in the digital space. The court says personality rights cannot be used as a broad basis to restrict expression. It rejects requests for blanket injunctions and dynamic takedown measures, and instead asks Kapoor’s legal team to narrow the allegations so that any court-ordered takedowns apply to obscenity or direct commercial misuse.
Across the outlets, the central theme is the same: the court aims to balance personality-related claims against free speech. Both reports describe the order as setting constraints on how takedown requests are framed and processed, with removals limited to categories the court considers legally actionable.
