Overview
- Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora indicated an interim injunction will be issued on Karan Johar’s plea over unauthorized commercial use and disparagement of his identity.
- The court directed intermediaries Google, Meta and X to share basic subscriber information and IT log details linked to the flagged accounts and links.
- Summons were issued to several defendants, including online platforms such as Giphy and Pinterest, with other intermediaries currently impleaded for compliance.
- Counsel for Redbubble informed the court it will remove the specific infringing content identified in the plaint within a week.
- Proceedings reaffirm the court’s preference for precise, page- or URL-specific relief over open-ended bans, with a rapid action mechanism for disparaging memes discussed and recent Bachchan rulings cited as context.