New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered the takedown of obscene and AI-generated deepfake videos depicting actor Ajay Devgn in inappropriate scenarios with female celebrities, calling such content impermissible and damaging.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the interim order while hearing Devgn's suit seeking protection of his personality and publicity rights.

However, the Court declined, for now, to direct the removal of general content or fan-made posts featuring Devgn's images.

The Court emphasised the need to differentiate malicious deepfakes from harmless fan activity, observing, You have to give some leeway to fan pages...This much freedom you will have to give to your fans. Otherwise, he will have...