New Delhi, July 7 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday examined the contours of personality rights while hearing a suit filed by Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma seeking protection against the alleged unauthorised use of his name, image and likeness on online platforms, including AI-generated content.

Justice Jyoti Singh heard the matter and scrutinised several web links identified by Sharma as allegedly infringing his personality rights. The Court also made significant observations on the evolving intersection between personality rights and defamation in the digital era.

During the hearing, advocate Varun Pathak, appearing for Meta, informed the Court that out of eight URLs presently under consideration, two were no longer accessible. Re...