DELHI HIGH COURT DIRECTED ACKO GENERAL INSURANCE TO TAKE DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS USING ST+ART INDIA'S HUMANITY MURAL

The Delhi High Court in the case ST+ART India Foundation and Anr. v. ACKO General Insurance observed and has directed the insurance company Acko General Insurance to take down its social media posts using a mural titled, 'Humanity' in the suit filed for copyright infringement by St+art India, an organization that aims works on art projects in public spaces.

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The bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh in the case observed and has directed that the Defendant shall take down the said listings within 72 hours. Thus, the Specific URLs wherein displaying the said mural on the posts of the Defendant's, if any, may also be communicated to the Defendant by the Plaintiffs.

The court stated that the above order passed shall be without prejudice to the rights and contentions of both parties.

In the present case, it has been claimed by the St+art India that it has the copyright of the artistic work under Section 2(c)(i) and Section 13(1)(a) of the Copyright Act, 1957.

Therefore, it has also been asserted by the organization the moral rights over the work as recognised under Section 57 of the enactment.