Delhi HC protects Hrithik Roshans character rights, directs elimination of objectionable posts on social media

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) protected the character and publicity rights of Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and directed elimination of sure objectionable posts towards him on social media.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora mentioned it was not passing any ex-parte instructions, on the interim stage, for the elimination of sure fan pages and mentioned an order can be handed after listening to them.

The court docket, which listed the matter for additional listening to on March 27, 2026, mentioned it will cross an in depth interim injunction order later.

The court docket was listening to a plea by Mr. Roshan in search of to guard his character rights and restrain on-line platforms from illegally utilizing his identify, pictures and AI-generated inappropriate content material.

Recently, Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, her husband Abhishek Bachchan, filmmaker Karan Johar, Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, “Art of Living” founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and journalist Sudhir Chaudhary additionally approached the excessive court docket in search of safety of their character and publicity rights and the court docket granted them interim reduction.

Singer Kumar Sanu’s comparable plea can be pending within the High Court.

The proper to publicity, popularly often known as character rights, is the best to guard, management and revenue from one’s picture, identify or likeness.