New Delhi. Delhi High Court has made an important legal comment in the case related to Personality Rights of Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon. The court has clarified that using a person's name, photograph, voice or identity is not illegal in itself. For this, it is important to see for what purpose the use has been made and which rights of the person concerned have been violated. The court also said that personality rights are not limited only to film stars or celebrities, but every person has the right to protect his identity.
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What is the whole matter?
Let us tell you that Kriti Sanon had approached the Delhi High Court regarding alleged misuse of her identity. The actress had alleged that many people and online platforms were using her photographs, name and voice without her permission. This also included activities like creating fake accounts on social media, creating objectionable and obscene pictures and videos with the help of AI, creating models and chatbots imitating their voices and selling merchandise in their name.
On October 29, 2026, Justice Purushendra Kumar Kaurav issued an interim order in this case. The court directed the concerned parties to stop creating or circulating misleading, obscene and objectionable material using Kriti Sanon's identity. Along with this, instructions were also given to remove the identified objectionable URLs and block the related websites.
How did the court explain personality rights?
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According to the High Court, personality rights are not a single legal right. It includes many different rights. These mainly include Right of Publicity, Right to Privacy, Right to Passing Off and Right to Defamation. The court made it clear that all these rights cannot be combined together and a demand to ban all types of use cannot be made. In each case it has to be seen which right has actually been violated.
There will be no ban on news, memes and criticism
An important comment of the court in this case was that its order will not ban news reporting, review, criticism, comment, satire, parody, caricature and general fan expression, provided they do not fall in the category of prohibited content. Also, the court made it clear that the popularity of an artist does not mean that every use of his picture or name will become illegal. It is extremely important to maintain a balance between freedom of expression and an individual's rights to privacy and identity.
Next hearing will be held on December 10
The High Court has clarified that at present its observations are prima facie views and a final decision on legal questions will be taken after hearing all sides of the case. Let us tell you that the next hearing of this case has been scheduled on 10 December 2026. Thus, Kriti Sanon's case is not just limited to the protection of an actress's identity, but has also become very important regarding AI deepfakes, digital identity, the balance between privacy and freedom of expression.