UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — HC restrains misuse of Ramdev’s name, image

Q1. The February 2026 ex-parte ad interim injunction protecting Swami Ramdev's personality rights against AI-generated deepfakes was passed by which one of the following?

  • A. A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court
  • B. A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court
  • C. A Single Judge Bench of the Madras High Court
  • D. A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India

Q2. With reference to the personality-rights orders in the Anil Kapoor case (2023), the Akshay Kumar case (2025) and the Swami Ramdev case (2026), consider the following statements: 1. Both the Ramdev (2026) and Anil Kapoor (2023) orders were ex-parte ad interim injunctions of the Delhi High Court. 2. The 2025 personality-rights order in favour of Akshay Kumar was granted by the Delhi High Court. 3. The Ramdev order directed digital platforms to take down the offending content within 72 hours of receiving the order. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Both the Ramdev (2026) and Anil Kapoor (2023) orders were ex-parte ad interim injunctions of the Delhi High Court.
  2. The 2025 personality-rights order in favour of Akshay Kumar was granted by the Delhi High Court.
  3. The Ramdev order directed digital platforms to take down the offending content within 72 hours of receiving the order.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. Which one of the following is correctly identified as India's first judicial order to expressly extend personality-rights protection to AI-generated deepfakes — the precedent on which the 2026 Ramdev order is built?

  • A. Shivaji Rao Gaikwad v. Varsha Productions (2015), Madras High Court
  • B. ICC Development (Cricket) Ltd. v. Arvee Enterprises (2003), Delhi High Court
  • C. Anil Kapoor v. Simply Life India (2023), Delhi High Court
  • D. Akshay Kumar personality-rights order (2025), Bombay High Court

Q4. With reference to the Delhi High Court's February 2026 order in the Swami Ramdev personality-rights case, consider the following platforms named as defendants: 1. Google 2. Meta 3. X Corp. 4. Amazon Which of the above is/are correctly identified as named respondents in the suit?

  1. Google
  2. Meta
  3. X Corp.
  4. Amazon
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4