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Delhi High Court grants stay on use of name, voice and image of Amitabh Bachchan without permission
Acting on plea filed by actor Amitabh Bachchan, Delhi High Court has ruled that the Bollywood actor's voice, image and name can't be used without permission.
Actor Amitabh Bachchan (File image)
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New Delhi: Acting on plea filed by actor Amitabh Bachchan, the Delhi High Court has ruled that the Bollywood actor's voice, image and name can't be used without permission.
While passing the order, the Delhi HC recognised actor's his publicity rights as a celebrity, and stated that the same are being violated. Court noted that Bachchan is likely to suffer irreparable harm if not given protection. The HC has also directed Telecom Ministry and other authorities to remove flagged content.
Earlier, Senior advocate Harish Salve, who appeared for the actor, informed the court that he was pushed to come to court because of infringement in a gross manner which has been on for a while.
Salve cited examples and advertisements in his name including a Whatsapp lucky draw. He said lucky draw name holder was Amitabh and Mukesh Ambani. The violator blatantly copied KBC logo. We discovered this in October. The lottery itself was said to be some scam.
There is also an Amitabh Bachchan video call. His image shows up and someone who sounds like Bachchan speaks.
He also alleged that there are T-shirts with his face and someone there is also making money by selling his posters.
Salve also said that someone has registered a domain name under amitabhbachchan.com.
"We are here because of this kind of damage being caused. There are certain Jon doe defendants in the case as well," he added.
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