Written by Sohini GhoshUpdated: November 10, 2025 08:31 PM IST 2 min readThe Delhi High Court ordered blocking of websites infringing Jaya Bachchan’s personality rights but refused to ban her movie poster images. (File photo)The Delhi High Court on Monday issued takedown and blocking orders, while protecting the personality rights of actor and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora issued blocking orders for websites infringing on Jaya’s personality rights, but refused to order an injunction against use of her images on movie posters.Noting that copyright of movie posters lies with the respective film owners and not Jaya, the court orally remarked that it will hear the parties first before restraining them.Jaya is the fourth member from the Bachchan family seeking protection of her personality rights from the HC. The court had earlier granted similar reliefs to her spouse and actor Amitabh Bachchan, son and actor Abhishek Bachchan, and daughter-in-law and actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.Amitabh in 2022 had sought protection from the HC of his publicity rights as a celebrity, objecting to unauthorised use of his celebrity status to promote goods and services by various entities without his permission.The court has seen a slew of celebrities approaching it this year seeking protection of their personality rights and action against websites for unauthorised use of their images, and catch phrases — including use of these elements in running AI chatbots.The HC has recently protected personality rights of Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, film producer Karan Johar, actors Hrithik Roshan and Akkineni Nagarjuna, singer Kumar Sanu.Story continues below this adThe Bombay HC too has protected the personality rights of singer Asha Bhosle, actors Suniel Shetty and Akshay Kumar.Celebrities have been increasingly approaching high courts claiming that their personality right and right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution are being affected by AI-generated content, including deep fakes, and seeking protection of their moral rights under the Copyright Act, 1957.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:delhi high courtpersonality