Delhi High Court to move order on September 17 on Karan Johars plea to guard character rights

The Delhi High Court on Monday (September 15, 2025) mentioned it will move an order on September 17 on filmmaker and producer Karan Johar’s plea searching for safety of his character and publicity rights.

Justice Manmeet P.S. Arora mentioned she would move an order on a number of points raised by Mr. Johar, together with unauthorised sale of merchandise along with his title and picture, area title, impersonation, use of faux profile and issues with obscenity.

Mr. Johar additionally urged the court docket to move an order directing sure web sites and platforms to not illegally promote merchandise, together with mugs and t-shirts, bearing his title and picture.

His swimsuit claimed that varied entities have been utilizing his title, picture, persona and likeness with out his consent for financial good points.

“I’ve a proper to make sure that nobody unauthorisedly makes use of my persona, face or voice,” senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao, showing for Mr. Johar, mentioned.

Recently, Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her husband Abhishek Bachchan obtained their character and publicity rights protected by orders of the court docket.

The counsel for Meta Platforms (homeowners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) submitted that most of the feedback flagged in Mr. Johar’s swimsuit weren’t defamatory. The counsel mentioned passing a blanket ban will open floodgates for litigation.

“These are atypical individuals having feedback and having discussions. Most of them are satire and jokes and never defamatory,” the counsel mentioned.