Jaya Bachchan Approaches Delhi HC Seeking Protection of Personality Rights

Bollywood actress and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from the Samajwadi Party, Jaya Bachchan, has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights.

A bench presided over by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora heard the matter today. Senior advocate Sandeep Sethi appeared on behalf of Bachchan and submitted that the actress’s images were being morphed and circulated online, and that certain entities were commercially exploiting her likeness by selling merchandise without authorisation.

During the proceedings, the Court noted that only counsel for Google was present. Justice Arora asked, “No one is appearing for Facebook? Have you served Varun Pathak for Facebook?” The Court then directed Bachchan’s legal team to serve notices to counsels for the Union of India, eBay, and Amazon.

The Court also pointed out typographical errors in the plaintiff’s documents and directed the petitioner to re-file the plaint within two days.

“Actually, there are a lot of typographical errors; you need to refile the plaint. But I will anyway pass the order; please file it in two days. These are erroneous descriptions, just copy-paste mistakes. Paragraphs 35-36 need to be corrected; it’s a plaint, we cannot ignore it,” Justice Arora remarked.

The Court has indicated that an order will be passed, and the matter will be taken up again at 1:25 PM.

Bachchan’s plea comes soon after the Delhi High Court passed similar orders protecting the personality rights of her son, actor Abhishek Bachchan, and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Case Title: Jaya Bachchan v. Bollywood Bubble & Ors

Bench: Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora

Hearing Date: 10 November 2025