India, Dec. 22 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday protected the personality rights of actor R Madhavan by restraining websites and online platforms from illegally using his name or images for commercial gain without his consent. This comes a few days after several celebrities, including Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan, also approached the court with the same request.

According to PTI, the high court restrained the use of Madhavan's personality traits and ordered the takedown of obscene content uploaded on the internet, in addition to upholding his personality rights. A detailed interim order has yet to be issued.

She said the actor had already approached the social media platforms against the infringing material before filing the suit. ...