Delhi High Court Directs Social Media Platforms to Act on Pawan Kalyan’s Personality Rights Complaint

The Delhi High Court has directed social media intermediaries, including Meta, Google, and X, to act on Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan’s complaint alleging unauthorised commercial use of his personality traits.

The Court asked Kalyan to submit the details and URLs of infringing content within two days, and directed the intermediaries to take action within a week, adding that any reservations must be communicated to him.

Kalyan has alleged that several social media and e-commerce entities are exploiting his image, name and likeness without permission. 

The case will be taken up again on December 22. 

[Pawan Kalyan v. Meta Platforms & Ors.]