NEW DELHI, Sept. 17 -- The Patna High Court on Wednesday directed the Congress party to remove from all social media platforms an AI-generated video featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi's late mother, Heeraben Modi.

The order came from a division bench of Acting Chief Justice P.B. Bajanthri and Justice Alok Sinha while hearing a petition filed by Vivekanand Singh.

On 10 September, the Bihar Congress unit had posted on its official X handle a 36-second video, marked "AI GENERATED," in which the Prime Minister is shown dreaming of his late mother, who is depicted as criticising him over his politics in poll-bound Bihar.

Central government counsel at Patna HIgh court, Ratnesh Kushwaha told this newspaper that the court, in its interim o...