New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday called for sanity in the growing wave of personality-rights cases, questioning how far celebrities can go in seeking removal of content about them and raising concerns over the impact of broad takedown demands on free speech.

"Assist me in bringing some sanity to this concept of personality. It is growing out of hand. Started small with good intentions, now we are sitting at 6,884 URLs. It can't be like that," the court said, adding the solution could hit "at the very root of free speech."

A bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani was hearing actor Janhvi Kapoor's plea seeking the removal of more than 6,000 URLs that she alleged violated her personality rights. The court questioned th...