the sake of puerile publicity, have, over a period of time, been
circulating videos on YouTube, stating that Plaintiff 1 is critically ill,
to the extent that one of the videos even claimed that she was no more.
Apparently, morphed pictures have also been used in the said videos,
so as to lend colour to the information that they seek to convey, with
one of the videos even showing a child surrounded by wreaths. The
videos also invite subscriptions from those who are viewing them.
3.
Such videos, alleges the plaint, breach Plaintiff 1’s right to
privacy and are in violation of Rule 3(1)(b)(iii) of the Information
Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)
Rules, 2021 (―the 2021 Intermediary Guidelines Rules‖), as amended
in 2022 by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and
Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2022 (―the 2022
Amendment Rules‖) and also violates the intellectual property rights,
which vests in the Bachchan family, including copyright in the images
and pictures of the plaintiffs.
4.
This Court has seen the images that have been provided with
the plaint.
5.
Though it is not the first time that such misleading information
is being circulated in respect of celebrities, where the information
relates to a child of tender years, it reflects a particularly morbid
perversity on the part of the person circulating such information, with
complete and resolute apathy to the interests of the child who is
targeted. Every child is entitled to be treated with honour and respect,
be she the child of a celebrity or the child of a commoner.
Dissemination of misleading information relating to a child, especially
as
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regards her physical or mental wellbeing, is something which is
Digitally Signed By:SUNIL
SINGH NEGI
CS(COMM)
Signing Date:21.04.2023
08:06:01
230/2023
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