Jackie Shroff's Name, Voice Can't Be Used Without Permission: High Court

The Delhi High Court recently passed an ad-interim injunction in favour of Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, restraining various entities from infringing his personality/publicity rights.

A bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing a lawsuit filed by Jackie Shroff seeking protection of his name, image, likeness, persona, voice, and various other distinctive attributes of his personality against their misuse on the internet.

Despite being the registered proprietor of his trademark lines 'Bhidu' and 'Bhidu Ka Khopcha', the suit said that many companies were selling wall art, merchandise, T-shirts, and posters, etc., featuring Jackie Shroff's images.