Overview
- Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora granted ex parte removal of videos and other content found to misuse Shamani’s name, image, voice and likeness.
- Summons were issued to Google, Meta and Telegram as the court indicated it will pass interim orders restraining unauthorized exploitation of his identity.
- The court declined a blanket interim injunction against satire, parody or criticism and directed that such disputes be pursued through separate proceedings.
- Relief targeting broad hashtag use was withheld at this stage, with the court noting that fans and legitimate users may employ tags like #figuringout or #rajshamani.
- Shamani’s filings cited deepfakes, fake Telegram chatbots and booking websites misusing his persona, while Google flagged some videos as parody and Telegram agreed to remove certain impersonating chats; the case is listed before the Registry on December 24, 2025.