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Delhi HC restrains people from using Amitabh Bachchan's name, pic, voice

Actor sought order against book publishers, T-shirt vendors, mobile apps associating themselves with TV quiz show KBC

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The court said that Amitabh Bachchan’s celebrity status is being used by other parties without his permission (Photo: PTI)

Bhavini Mishra New Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained any third party from using actor Amitabh Bachchan’s name, photo or voice without his permission.

The court said that Bachchan’s celebrity status is being used by other parties without his permission and granted an injunction in favour of the 80-year-old actor. It asked the authorities and telecom service providers to note its order passed based on a plea filed by the actor.

Bachchan’s plea sought a direction to the government’s telecommunications department and the electronics and information technology ministry to require internet service providers to take down a list of links and websites infringing on