Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted protection to the personality rights of spiritual leader Radhe Maa, also known as Sukhvinder Kaur. The court has directed the removal of objectionable material targeting her, particularly obscene and sexually explicit content created using deepfake images and videos.
Justice Madhav Jamdar passed the order while hearing the matter concerning the unauthorised use of Radhe Maa’s identity and digitally manipulated content portraying her in an objectionable manner.
Court Orders Deletion of Deepfake Material
The High Court specifically directed the deletion of content that was considered objectionable, with particular emphasis on sexually explicit images and clips generated through deepfake technology.
The order provides legal protection to Radhe Maa against the misuse of her identity and the circulation of such manipulated material.
Personality Rights Under Legal Protection
The development highlights the growing legal concerns surrounding the misuse of public figures’ names, images and identities through digital platforms and artificial intelligence-based tools.
The Bombay High Court’s intervention comes in response to content allegedly targeting Radhe Maa through digitally altered images and videos.
