Act in 7 days to protect Sunil Gavaskar’s personality rights, Delhi HC tells social media platforms

The Delhi High Court directed social media intermediaries to act within seven days on Sunil Gavaskar’s plea to protect his personality rights, treating his suit as a complaint under IT Rules, 2021. Gavaskar seeks removal of unauthorised online use of his name and likeness

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed social media intermediaries to act within seven days on former cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar’s plea seeking protection of his personality rights.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked Gavaskar’s counsel to first approach the social media intermediaries with his grievances.

The high court directed the social media intermediaries to treat Gavaskar’s suit as a complaint under the Information and Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics