On Monday, the Delhi High Court sent a notice to the search engine company Google after Aaradhya Bachchan, the daughter of actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, submitted a new request for the removal of false information regarding her health from multiple websites.
The 13-year-old sought a summary judgment in her lawsuit regarding the spread of false information. A summary judgment enables courts to swiftly settle civil cases without needing verbal testimony.
It was contended that the YouTube uploaders did not show up in court and had already lost their right to defend themselves.
Aaradhya Bachchan submitted the plea as a continuation of a previous High Court ruling that directed Google and other platforms to eliminate false information regarding her health.
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The next hearing in the High Court is scheduled on March 17.
In April 2023, Aaradhya Bachchan, via her father, sought court action regarding YouTube videos spreading false information about her health.
The High Court subsequently issued an interim order and provided directions, which included prohibiting the dissemination of YouTube videos containing false information regarding the health of Aaradhya Bachchan, the granddaughter of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
It ordered Google to promptly start the process of de-listing and removing videos of the junior Bachchan from online platforms.
WHAT THE CASE IS ALL ABOUT?
On April 19, 2023, Aaradhya Bachchan moved the Delhi High Court concerning a YouTube tabloid that published false information regarding her health.
Aaradhya Bachchan, in her plea, mentioned that although she is a healthy child attending school, some wrongdoers have been posting videos on YouTube for attention, claiming she is seriously unwell. One video even asserted that she is gone, she mentioned in her plea.
Moreover, altered images have been utilized in those videos to add vibrancy to the messages they aim to express. The videos also encourage subscriptions from their viewers, as stated in the plea.
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It claims that these actions infringe upon the plaintiff’s right to privacy and Information Technology regulations, as well as the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Bachchan family, encompassing copyright in the images and photographs of the plaintiff.
The High Court noted that sharing misleading information about a young child demonstrated a disturbing moral corruption by the individual distributing the videos, and it also indicates a lack of compassion for the child involved.
