HC to pass interim order on Telugu actor Nagarjuna's plea to protect personality rights
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it would pass an interim order on Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna's plea seeking protection of his personality and publicity rights.
The plea came up for hearing before Justice Tejas Karia, who said it would pass order in this regard.
"When you can identify the URLs, the best is to direct them to take down….. Will pass orders," the court orally said.
Recently, Bollywood actors Aishwarya Bachchan and her husband Abhishek Bachchan and filmmaker Karan Johar also approached the high court seeking protection of their personality and publicity rights and the court granted them similar relief.
Advocate Pravin Anand, representing Nagarjuna, submitted that he was aggrieved by three infringements - pornographic websites, sale of merchandise by unauthorisedly using the actor's personality traits and various YouTube videos.
The court said it would appropriate orders and listed the matter for further hearing on January 23.
The right to publicity, popularly known as personality rights, is the right to protect, control and profit from one's image, name or likeness.
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UP woman found hanging at in-laws' home; family alleges dowry murder
Maharajganj (UP) (PTI): A 29-year-old married woman was found hanging at her in-laws' home here, with her in-laws claiming it was suicide while her mother alleging murder over dowry, police said on Sunday.
According to police, Anukriti (29) had married Manoj Gond six years ago and lived with her in-laws in Mahadeva village.
Her in-laws claimed that she died by suicide after allegedly hanging herself inside a room of the house on Saturday evening, police said.
After receiving information about the incident, a police team reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem.
Paniyara police station in-charge Sanjay Kumar Singh said that based on a complaint filed by the woman’s mother, a case was registered on Sunday against her husband Manoj Gond, mother-in-law Punam, father-in-law Sumer Gond, and brother-in-law Munna Gond.
The complainant alleged that Anukriti was being harassed for dowry by in-laws and was murdered over dowry-related demands, Singh said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
