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Delhi High Court orders urgent hearing on deepfake case

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC · How we work

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Delhi High Court Orders

Delhi High Court ordered an urgent hearing on a petition to remove a deep-fake image.
Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia scheduled the case for Friday.
The petitioner alleges CJP leaders used AI face-swapping to place her face on a vulgar banner at Jantar Mantar.
An FIR was filed on September 24, 2026, and the plea seeks removal, blocking, tracing, and police protection.

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Justice Bansal Dismisses

Delhi High Court rejected lawyers' plea for probe into alleged assault outside Bar Council office.
Justice Amit Bansal dismissed a petition for an FIR after a fire at Varma’s residence.
Advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay withdrew his case after the court called it a “wild witch hunt.”
Yashwant Varma resigned on April 9, 2026, submitting resignation to President Droupadi Murmu, ending Lok Sabha impeachment proceedings.

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Historical Context

On 24 August 2017, a nine-judge Supreme Court bench in Puttaswamy v. Union of India declared privacy a fundamental right under Articles 14, 19 and 21, overturning earlier rulings and setting a three-pronged test for state intrusion. That precedent now guides Delhi High Court judges Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Tejas Karia and Amit Bansal as they confront AI-generated defamation, extending privacy safeguards to digital misinformation.

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Delhi High Court Orders

Delhi High Court ordered an urgent hearing on a petition to remove a deep-fake image.
Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia scheduled the case for Friday.
The petitioner alleges CJP leaders used AI face-swapping to place her face on a vulgar banner at Jantar Mantar.
An FIR was filed on September 24, 2026, and the plea seeks removal, blocking, tracing, and police protection.

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