India, Feb. 23 -- Recently, a Mumbai court granted interim relief to filmmaker Karan Johar in a defamation case against YouTuber CarryMinati (Ajey Nagar) over a now-removed roast video titled Coffee with Jalan. On February 9, the court restrained Nagar from publishing defamatory content, noting that the video, which parodied Karan's show Koffee with Karan, harmed his reputation. Earlier, in September 2025, the Delhi High Court had granted an interim injunction protecting Karan's personality rights against unauthorised commercial exploitation.

Speaking to us, Rakhee Bajpai Tiwari, Chief Legal Officer of Karan's production house Dharma Productions, shares, "The earlier action was a personality rights proceeding aimed at preventing unauthor...