Amitabh Bachchan’s voice, picture and identify cannot be used with out his ‘permission’: Delhi HC

Amitabh Bachchan is considered one of the profitable and influential actors within the historical past of Indian cinema. On Friday, Delhi Excessive Court docket handed an interim order to stop the illegal use of Amitabh’s identify, picture, voice, or any of his persona attributes. The order is a landmark verdict, the primary of its sort in India, which isn’t solely towards the defendants specifically Rajat Nagi, Rana Partap Singh & Ors. but in addition the world at massive for misusing Bachchan’s identify, picture, voice and persona attributes. 

Amitabh Bachchan seeks safety of persona rights

Eminent lawyer Harish Salve together with Ameet Naik and Pravin Anand, instructed by Anand and Naik, appeared for Mr Bachchan within the Excessive Court docket. Ameet Naik, Joint Managing Associate of Anand and Naik acknowledged “This landmark verdict will injuct any individual from utilizing the identify, picture, voice and different persona attributes of Mr. Bachchan with out his consent and authorization by any means, bodily or digital. The Indian jurisprudence will lastly develop and evolve on persona rights and Mr. Amitabh Bachchan is the best persona to set this pattern.

He mentioned, “We’re happy that the Delhi Excessive Court docket has offered this landmark verdict and am grateful to Mr. Salve and Mr. Praveen Anand for this trend-setting order which is able to assist expertise in our nation to guard their persona rights”.

The HC has handed an in depth order towards the defendants and the world at massive, injuncting them from infringing his persona rights and attributes, together with his identify ‘Amitabh Bachchan/ Bachchan/ AB/ Huge-B’, picture and voice. The HC has additionally directed the DOT and Ministry of Electronics & IT to drag down all hyperlinks/web sites that infringe upon Bachchan’s attributes.

Amitabh Bachchan work entrance

In the meantime, on the work entrance, Amitabh is basking within the success of Sooraj Barjatya’s Uunchai. Subsequent, he’s set to make his debut in Telugu cinema in Undertaking Ok directed by Nag Ashwin alongside Deepika Padukone and Prabhas. The Cheeni Kum actor additionally has the Hindi remake of the American film, The Intern with Deepika Padukone within the lead.