India, May 8 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will pass orders for the immediate removal of deepfake videos created using AI tools that falsely portrayed Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as making politically sensitive remarks.

A bench of justice, Mini Pushkarna, further said that she would also issue directions restraining entities from misusing Tharoor's persona, thereby protecting his personality rights.

"Orders will be passed. It will be uploaded," Justice Pushkarna told Tharoor's lawyer Amit Sibal.

The court issued the direction while hearing Tharoor's suit seeking protection of his personality rights by restraining entities from misusing his persona without his consent.

This followed Tharoor's lawyer Amit Sibal, submitting th...