Alka Verma –
Published on August 27, 2021, at 12:15 IST
Granting protection to a Bengali Actor from invasion of Privacy, Delhi High Court ordered YouTube and several other websites to take down certain explicit video and audio clips of the actor.
The Court stated that when the person is not willing to exhibit, her Right to Privacy must be protected.
The Court observed that such invasions are having an immediate effect on her reputation.
On Monday, passing an Interim order, Justice Asha Menon stated, “In view of the fact that the plaintiff is entitled ‘to be left alone’ and ‘to be forgotten’, she is entitled to protection from invasion of her privacy by strangers and anonymous callers on account of such publication/streaming/transmission of the suit videos by the defendants.”
The judgement came in order when the actor filed a suit which sought restraint on publication and streaming of her objectionable video on various platforms.
According to the submitted data in the Court, the actor was approached for a web-series by a production house, though the project fell through and was never completed.
In December 2020, the actor came across the video and audio clips which were being circulated as well as streamed on various online platforms.
Though the producer deleted the clip after a request was made, a lot of damage was done to her reputation and privacy as well, the Court was told.
The Court observed and stated that she gave the consent only to the production house whereas the publication of her clips on various sites including YouTube was non-consensual.
The Court allowed the actor to furnish the other to other platforms who are found publishing or streaming her videos and further held, “Now, if others were circulating the same for obvious monetary and other prurient benefits, the plaintiff cannot be denied any relief during the pendency of the suit.”
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