The
Delhi
High
Cou t
has
g a ted
i te im
p otectio
to
Tabu
agai st
the
u autho ised
use
of
he
ame,
image
a d
othe
pe so ality
att ibutes,
di ecti g
o li e
platfo ms
to
emove
obsce e
a d
po og aphic
co te t
ta geti g
he .I
a
o de
passed
o
August
6,
Justice
Jyoti
Si gh
i st ucted
i te media ies
i cludi g
Meta
(Facebook
a d
I stag am),
Google,
X,
Reddit,
eBay
a d
GoDaddy
to
take
dow
webpages
fou d
to
be
violati g
Tabu’s
pe so ality
ights
withi
36
hou s.The
cou t
has
also
di ected
these
platfo ms
to
sha e
the
Basic
Subsc ibe
I fo matio
a d
IP
log
details
of
i dividuals
who
a o ymously
uploaded
the
allegedly
i f i gi g
mate ial.
The
i fo matio
has
to
be
p ovided
withi
th ee
weeks,
acco di g
to
the
o de .Tabu
app oached
the
High
Cou t
seeki g
the
emoval
of
AI-ge e ated
obsce e
co te t
featu i g
he ,
alo g
with
u autho ised
me cha dise
bei g
sold
usi g
he
ame
a d
pe so ality
t aits.
She
also
sought
legal
actio
agai st
those
comme cially
exploiti g
he
ame,
photog aphs,
videos
a d
othe
ide tifyi g
att ibutes
without
pe missio .
The
act ess
fu the
aised
co ce s
ove
e tities
offe i g
fake
booki gs
fo
pe fo ma ces
a d
eve ts
i
he
ame.While
g a ti g
i te im
elief,
the
cou t
took
ote
of
Tabu’s
statu e
a d
lo gsta di g
popula ity,
obse vi g
that
he
public
p ofile
e titled
he
to
p otectio
f om
false,
de ogato y
a d
u autho ised
o li e
co te t.The
cou t
obse ved,
“Plai tiff
(Tabu)
is
a
wo ld
e ow ed
a d
c itically
acclaimed
a d
a
celeb ated
act ess,
who
has
left
a
ma k
i
the
film
i dust y,
both
i
I dia
a d
i te atio ally,
with
he
stella
pe fo ma ces
ove
th ee
decades.
The e
is
o
gai sayi g
that
Plai tiff’s
ame
a d
mo ike /stage
ame
‘Tabu’
a d
he
image,
voice,
like ess
a d
othe
att ibutes
of
he
pe so ality
have
acqui ed
u ique
disti ctive ess
a d
a e
associated
with
he
i sta tly
by
membe s
of
public,”
it
obse ved.The
High
Cou t
also
ag eed
with
Tabu’s
a gume t
that
AI-ge e ated
videos
i f i gi g
he
pe so ality
ights
could
cause
lasti g
damage
to
he
eputatio ,
goodwill
a d
the
comme cial
value
associated
with
he
b a d
e do seme ts.As
a
esult,
the
cou t
est ai ed
the
misuse,
exploitatio
a d
misapp op iatio
of
Tabu’s
pe so ality
att ibutes
while
g a ti g
he
i te im
p otectio .The
matte
is
scheduled
to
come
up
fo
its
ext
hea i g
o
Decembe
7.Tabu
was
ep ese ted
befo e
the
cou t
by
Se io
Advocate
Swathi
Sukuma ,
alo g
with
advocates
Roha
Talwa ,
Deeksha
Ja i,
P eksha
Diwaka ,
A i udh
Bhatia,
Ji ay
Jai ,
Rishika
Agga wal,
Ritik
Raghuwa shi
a d
A shu
Tulsya .
