India, July 12 -- In what has come as a major relief to Sonu Nigam, the Bombay High Court has recently passed a restraining order against a social media user who has been impersonating the singer online.

Nigam's plea alleged that his personality rights were being violated by Sonu Nigam Singh - a criminal lawyer from Bihar - who has been posting communally and politically charged content under the X handle 'Sonu Nigam'. The singer had approached the court after widespread backlash from Singh's posts was directed at him instead.

On Friday, Justice RI Chagla passed an ex-parte interim order in favour of Nigam, ordering Singh to display his full name on the platform to prevent any misrepresentation, Bar and Bench reported.

The singer's adv...