New Delhi, July 1 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the takedown of certain social media content found to be defamatory against Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha while holding that his suit does not involve personality rights.

Justice Subramonium Prasad pronounced the order on Chadha's application seeking interim relief in a suit alleging misuse of his image, likeness, voice and identity through AI-generated deepfakes, morphed visuals and manipulated social media content.

According to the operative portion of the order pronounced in open court, the High Court directed the removal of certain content that allegedly portrayed Chadha as having "sold himself for money", holding such material to be defamatory.

At the same time, the Co...