New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar, holding that his personality rights deserve protection against unauthorised commercial exploitation.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, while passing the order, observed that infringers cannot misuse Johar's name, acronym "KJo", image, likeness, voice or any other attributes of his persona. The High Court also specifically prohibited the use of deepfakes, GIFs, face-morphing and other AI-driven tools to exploit his identity commercially.

The HC noted, "It is trite law that if there is a right, the Plaintiff (Karan Johar) is entitled to seek injunction against its violation. Since...