The Delhi High Court observed that Raj Shamani’s rights in the podcast “Figuring out with Raj Shamani” are protected under the Copyright Act.
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The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of podcaster and entrepreneur Raj Shamani, and directed removal of certain objectionable posts against him on social media.
“The plaintiff no. 1 (Shamani) is also entitled to protect himself against morphed and distorted content which is defaming and demeaning to or patently false as it is bound to affect his reputation and goodwill,” Justice Manmeet P.S. Arora said in an order passed on November 17 and made available on Thursday (November 20, 2025).
The court passed the interim order while hearing Mr. Shamani’s plea seeking to restrain unauthorised use of his image, persona, likeness and voice without his consent, and AI-generated content.
The court also observed that Mr. Shamani’s rights in the podcast “Figuring out with Raj Shamani” are protected under the Copyright Act, including the exclusive right to communicate the works to the public, and that protection is also warranted against the unauthorised use of the registered trademarks “FIGURING OUT”.
It further restrained them from using the trademark “Figuring Out” and sharing, hosting or streaming Mr. Shamani’s copyright protected works in his podcast and content without authorisation.
It directed the social media entities to block or remove or take down the infringing content generated through AI and deepfake.
Recently, Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, her husband Abhishek Bachchan, his mother Jaya Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, filmmaker Karan Johar, singer Kumar Sanu, Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, ‘Art of Living’ founder Ravi Shankar and journalist Sudhir Chaudhary were granted protection of their personality and publicity rights by the court.
Published – November 21, 2025 05:06 am IST
