New Delhi: The Delhi High Court, on Friday, directed social media intermediaries to remove all content infringing the personality rights of former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan, including the unauthorised use of their names and photographs, within seven days.

The bench of Justice Manmeet P S Arora issued the order while hearing suits by Gavaskar and Kalyan’s suits seeking protection of their personality rights, as reported by Hindustan Times. ADVERTISEMENT

During the hearing, Gavaskar’s lawyer cited fake critical comments on Indian men’s cricket team coach Gautam Gambhir and other cricketers and submitted that his client’s personality rights were being infringed without his consent.

Kalyan’s lawyer submitted that they had wr

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