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42.8 Defendant no. 3, 4 and 5 are e-commerce websites which offer a platform for sale of various impugned articles infringing Plaintiff's personality rights. The details of the URLs/links on these websites are enlisted at Document 1 annexed with the plaint.

42.9 Defendant no. 6/Meta runs and operates social media platform Instagram and Facebook, and Defendant no. 8/Google LLC owns and operates social media platform YouTube. These defendants have been impleaded as proforma defendants to facilitate compliance of directions sought for take down of URLs/links enlisted in Document 2 and Document 3 respectively, annexed with the plaint.

The take down is sought for a specific account on Instagram which has created morphed videos using AI which are inappropriate and vulgar as well as another Instagram account, which impersonates the Plaintiff.

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 12/11/2025 at 21:21:37 The Plaintiff seeks take down of a specific YouTube channel impleaded as Defendant No. 7 on the plea that this channel has uploaded videos which are egregious and they portray the Plaintiff in a false setting with other celebrities. It is stated that these videos are inappropriate and vulgar. It is stated that Plaintiff has identified inappropriate content similar to the content uploaded on the YouTube channel/Defendant No. 7 and it seeks take down of this similar content enlisted in Document 3 annexed with the plaint, from the social media platform of YouTube. 42.10 It is stated that Plaintiff has also learnt about utilisation of her name by various entities to host pornographic stories and videos on their websites. The list of the websites hosting such content has been enlisted at Document 4 annexed with the plaint, and directions are prayed to Defendant Nos. 9 and 10 [MeiTy and DoT] to block these websites.

43. Mr. Sandeep Sethi, learned senior counsel for the Plaintiff submits that the Plaintiff has been an immensely popular actress and a recognised personality worldwide with enormous fan following. He states that her image, photograph and likeness as a result bring about an instinctive association in the mind of the public with her and no one else. 43.1 He states that on the Instagram platform of Defendant No. 6 there This is a digitally signed order.

53. This Court has also perused the impugned images uploaded on the specific Instagram account as filed with the plaint. The contention of the Plaintiff that the said images created by AI generated content misrepresent facts to the public and falsely depicts the Plaintiff in inappropriate scenarios is prima facie made out. The Plaintiff has also objected to another Instagram This is a digitally signed order.