Salman Khan’s personality rights: Delhi HC orders removal of illegal social media content in 3 days

NEW DELHI: In a major legal boost for Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed social media intermediaries to remove within three days all content, including fake news, violating the actor's personality and publicity rights.

While approaching the High Court to protect his personality rights, Salman Khan demanded that his name, identity and voice should not be used commercially without his permission.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed social media intermediaries to treat the petition filed by actor Salman Khan as a complaint and act within three days as per the rules.

Salman Khan had filed a complaint under the Information and Technology (Intermediaries) Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules.

The court stated that it will soon issue a stay order regarding non-social media platforms violating the actor’s personality and publicity rights.

Sandeep Sethi, representing Salman Khan, informed the court about social media platforms that are consistently violating his personality rights, as well as the prevalence of fake news and misleading content.