Bombay High Court notice to 3 states for unauthorised use of woman's photo in ad

The Bombay High Court has issued notices and sought a reply from the Telangana Congress along with the governments of Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka, and a US-based company in response to a plea filed by a woman whose picture was allegedly used without her authorisation in some The plea, filed by one Namrata Ankush Kawale and Ankush Kawale, through advocates Nitin Kasliwal and Aniket Pawar, alleged the unauthorised use of her photograph for government and political A bench of Justices GS Kulkarni and Advait M Sethna heard the case, which raised concerns over privacy rights and the commercial exploitation of personal images. Furthermore, none of the government bodies took the petitioner's consent while using the photograph for various Multiple state governments, including Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka, along with political entities such as the Telangana Congress, allegedly used the woman's image without her consent. This is a case of serious breach of the petitioner's right to privacy as a woman and such rights as guaranteed to her under the Constitution," the bench said. "The state which would be the custodian of the personal rights of Indian citizens when such rights become vulnerable to being invaded by the activities of entities like shutterstock.com a foreign company.