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 Aishwar

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