Is Arjun Kapoor taking legal action against Rajasthan Royals? RR take down ‘X’ post involving Bollywood actor to mock PBKS originally appeared on Cricket News. Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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RR took down the social media post, involving Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor.
Arjun Kapoor has not taken legal action against RR yet.
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RR take down ‘X’ post involving Arjun Kapoor to mock PBKS
Punjab Kings kept their hopes alive of qualifying for the IPL 2026 playoffs after beating Lucknow Super Giants in the final league game on Saturday.
However, their hopes of progressing to the playoffs solely depended on whether Rajasthan Royals would lose to Mumbai Indians on Sunday afternoon.
PBKS were surely hooked to their televisions on May 24 to watch the MI vs RR clash at the Wankhede Stadium, but at the end, it was RR who won the tie and became the fourth team to reach the IPL playoffs this season.
Earlier in the season, PBKS and RR shared a series of social media banter, but after RR’s progress to the next round, the frachise from Jaipur made a final jibe with social media post mocking PBKS.
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Although, within less than 24 hours, RR were forced to deleted the ‘X’ post which involved Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor. The video, RR shared, was somewhat derogatory towards the actor.
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Is Arjun Kapoor taking legal action against Rajasthan Royals?
After RR’s removal of their X post, an unnamed social media handle, shared a news that Arjun Kapoor has filed a legal defamation case against the IPL franchise for using his image in their social media post.
The X post read: “Arjun Kapoor has filed a defamation case against Rajasthan Royals for using his video. He stated that the video harmed his reputation and was defamatory. In response, That’s why Rajasthan Royals had to delete it.”
As of now, there is no formal confirmation, though, whether the Bollwood actor has taken or is planning to take a legal action against the IPL side.
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Why did RR take down X post involving Arjun Kapoor?
Earlier in 2026, the Delhi High Court had passed an order protecting Hindi film actor Arjun Kapoor’s personality and publicity rights. The order restricted the unauthorised use of the actor’s name, image, voice and likeness, especially in cases involving AI-generated deepfakes, manipulated content, fake endorsements and misleading digital material.
The Delhi court also observed that while celebrities have the right to protect their identity from defamatory or commercial misuse, ordinary satire and public commentary cannot be completely restricted.
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Due to the court’s order, RR did not want to take any chance and therefore got rid off the post before getting dragged into legal complexities.
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