New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Delhi high court on Monday granted interim protection for the personality rights of podcaster and influencer Raj Shamani, who claimed his name, image, voice, and online presence are being widely misused on the internet.

Shamani, who has 13.2 million subscribers on YouTube and hosts the Figuring Out With Raj Shamani podcast, moved the court, claiming videos on social media wrongly show him endorsing betting platforms and questionable cryptocurrency schemes.

His petition, as seen by Mint, also highlighted fake endorsements by financial services providers such as TaxBuddy, Telegram accounts soliciting money from people, YouTube channels re-uploading his podcast clips without permission, and websites such as ZoomMa...