The Delhi High Court has actually approved vocalist Kumar Sanu interim security over his character rights, limiting the unapproved usage of his name, similarity, image, and voice for business functions.
Delhi HC grants interim defense to Kumar Sanu’s character rights; orders takedown of infringing material
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, commanding the case Kumar Sanu Bhattacharjee vs Jammable Limited & & Ors., observed that prima facie, the well known vocalist’s personality type are protectable components of his identity. The interim injunction will stay in result till the next hearing, arranged for March 30, 2026.
“Prima facie, the Plaintiff’s personality type and/or parts thereof, consisting of Plaintiff’s name Kumar Sanu, voice, image, picture or similarity and other characteristics are protectable components of the Plaintiff’s character rights. The Plaintiff is entitled to secure itself versus changed and misshaped material which is demeaning,” the Court specified in its order.
The Court likewise drew referral to earlier judgments worrying the character rights of Bollywood figures such as Anil Kapoor, Karan Johar, and Jackie Shroff.
As part of its interim instructions, the Court purchased Amazon and Flipkart to get rid of listings that breach Kumar Sanu’s character rights and limited 2 e-commerce sellers from offering any product including his name, image, or similarity without permission.
Google and Meta were directed to remove infringing content determined in Sanu’s petition, along with any fresh product flagged by the vocalist in the future. Furthermore, both platforms were bought to offer Basic Subscriber Information (BSI) of the confidential accounts accountable for sharing such material within 3 weeks.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) were likewise advised to suspend URLs, sites, and mobile applications discovered to be misusing Sanu’s identity and take comparable action versus any brand-new circumstances gave their attention.
Claims of AI Misuse and Unauthorized Content
The Court’s choice was available in reaction to a Rs 2 crores match submitted by the playback legend versus a number of AI-based platforms, online intermediaries, digital entities, and unknown people implicated of producing phony, changed, and impersonated material in his name.
According to Sanu, the offenders misused his personality to offer product, impersonated him on social networks, and even established a mobile application on the Google Play Store utilizing his image and voice. The fit declared that AI-generated sound recordings mimicing his voice and GIFs caricaturing him had actually triggered reputational damage and subjected him to “unsavoury humour” online.
Represented by Advocate Sana Raees Khan, Sanu argued that such acts infringed his right to personal privacy, goodwill, and credibility, in addition to breaking the arrangements of the Copyright Act, 1957. The fit stressed that his phase names– “Kumar Sanu,” “Sanu Da,” and the title “The Melody King of Bollywood”– delight in double security under personality/publicity rights and hallmark law.
Kumar Sanu Reacts
Following the court’s judgment, Kumar Sanu revealed thankfulness on social networks, acknowledging his legal group and the judiciary for acknowledging artists’ rights. He composed, “I am deeply grateful to my supporter, Sana Raees Khan, for her effective and skillful arguments that caused this substantial triumph in court. My wholehearted thanks to the Hon’ble Delhi High Court for acknowledging and maintaining my Personality Rights.”
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