New Delhi, March 26 -- In a major development, the Delhi High Court stated that it will an interim pass order to Meta and Google to strike down the objectionable web links targeted at two-time World Cup winner and current India men's team head coach Gautam Gambhir. The decision comes a week after Gambhir filed a civil lawsuit, seeking protection of his personality and publicity rights, citing misuse of his name and image through AI generated deepfakes.

The matter was heard by Justice Jyoti Singh. At the outset, Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, appearing for Gambhir, thanked the Court for allowing time to correct defects in the application. He informed the Court that a number of defendants have already taken down the offending content. Howeve...