The Delhi High Court on Monday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of actor and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan, restraining various entities from using her images, name, or likeness without authorisation.

The bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, who was due to pass a detailed order, however, said she would not immediately restrict the use of Bachchan’s images on movie posters, noting that the copyright for such posters belongs to the film’s owner.

“How do you claim copyright in the movie posters? Copyright vests in whoever is the owner of the movie not even hurting you. You don’t even have any copyright. Let them be here. I’m not persuaded. This is a poster.

Let that party be here. We’ll hear him out and we’ll see. I’m not convinced,” Justice Arora observed d

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