Overview

• The court issued an ex parte ad interim injunction after finding a prima facie case and the risk of irreparable harm to Johar’s reputation.
• Judges ordered immediate removal of disparaging videos, memes and social posts, plus takedown of unauthorized accounts using his name.
• Defendants were restrained from exploiting his name, the acronym “KJo,” image or voice, including via AI deepfakes, face morphing, GIFs or merchandise.
• Perfect Privacy LLC and Giphy were told to take down the specific infringing URLs, while platforms such as Pinterest, Google and Meta face targeted removals of flagged content.
• GoDaddy India must suspend and lock a site offering an AI voice‑swap tool and the beta.opedia.ai domain was ordered suspended, with Johar allowed to seek ongoing URL‑specific takedowns and marketplaces like Redbubble and Teepublic restrained from selling infringing goods.