Bombay HC Permits Union Minister Nitin Gadkari To Sue Meta, X, Google Over Alleged AI-Generated Deepfake

Bombay High Court permits Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to sue Meta, X Corp, and Google over AI-generated deepfake content.

Justice Abhay Ahuja granted leave under Clause XII of the Letters Patent for the civil suit.

Gadkari alleges defamatory deepfake posts falsely claim he and his family financially benefited from the ethanol-blended fuel programme.

The court accepted that the content is accessible in Maharashtra, giving it jurisdiction to hear the suit.

Gadkari seeks permanent injunctions to stop the publication and circulation of the allegedly false content.