Rules & Regulations
SEBI's new advertising code treats AI-generated virtual influencers as celebrities whose ads need prior approval
IN India (Union)
· Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Oct 9, 2026
Enacted
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
An unpublished advisory asking platforms to prioritise government complaints and to label manipulated or synthetic content on current events
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Cyber…
Oct 8, 2026
Issued
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Overview
How the Delhi and Bombay High Courts have used personality rights to restrain AI voice clones, deepfakes and chatbots
IN India (Union)
· High Courts of Delhi and Bombay (orders compiled)
Oct 5, 2026
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
The Supreme Court has declined to frame AI or deepfake rules by writ and, in September 2026, stayed a Gujarat High Court deepfake PIL at the Union's request
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India
Sep 8, 2026
Pending
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Overview
Overview of incidents in which non-existent or misquoted authorities surfaced in Indian orders and filings, and how courts and the Bar have responded
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India, High Courts and tribunals (overview)
Sep 2, 2026
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Administrative Decision
Copyright Office order of 31 Aug 2026: AI-generated art can be original, but an AI system cannot be the author
IN India (Union)
· Copyright Office, Government of India (Registrar of Copyrights)
Aug 31, 2026
Decided
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
The Indian Patent Office's rules for how its own examiners and Controllers may, and may not, use AI tools, including a ban on entering unpublished applications into public AI
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks…
Aug 7, 2026
In effect
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
The drug regulator's final guidance on licensing software as a medical device, with explicit requirements for AI and machine learning tools
IN India (Union)
· Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Ministry of…
Jul 21, 2026
In effect
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Supreme Court sets aside NCLT and NCLAT insolvency rulings built on hallucinated precedents and declares "zero tolerance" for unverified AI citations
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India
Jul 2, 2026
Decided
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
The Supreme Court's AI Committee proposes a national framework for AI in courts: human primacy, banned uses, disclosure by litigants, audits and an Apex Body
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India (AI Committee)
Jun 3, 2026
Draft
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Administrative Decision
Indian Patent Office refused (15 Apr 2026) a patent naming the AI system DABUS as inventor; appeal pending in the Delhi High Court
IN India (Union)
· Indian Patent Office (Controller General of Patents, Designs and…
Apr 15, 2026
On appeal
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
A ministerial and secretary-level group that merges the proposed AI Governance Group with the Economic Survey's AI Economic Council, without the sectoral regulators
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Apr 13, 2026
In effect
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
A draft that would make MeitY advisories part of intermediary due diligence on pain of losing safe harbour, and extend media oversight to user news posts
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Mar 30, 2026
Draft
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA white paper (March 2026) mapping India's indigenous foundation model effort and the laws, standards and benchmarks that govern it
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Mar 2026
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Supreme Court inquiry into a trial court that relied on four AI-generated, non-existent judgments; declares such reliance "misconduct"
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India
Feb 27, 2026
Pending
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations Landmark
India's first binding AI-specific content rules: labelling, provenance and prevention duties for deepfakes, and a three-hour takedown deadline
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Feb 10, 2026
In force
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
MeitY's notice to X over Grok-generated obscene images, with a 72-hour action-taken report and a warning of lost safe harbour
IN India (Union)
· Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Jan 2, 2026
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
The Principal Scientific Adviser's white paper that builds on MeitY's guidelines, rejects a standalone AI law and proposes technical controls across the AI lifecycle
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Jan 2026
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA white paper (Version 3.0, 29 December 2025) on treating compute, datasets and models as shared public goods through a phased DPI approach
IN India (Union)
· Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of…
Dec 29, 2025
Published
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
A government committee's proposal for a mandatory blanket licence with statutory royalties for training AI on lawfully accessed copyrighted works
IN India (Union)
· Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT),…
Dec 8, 2025
Under consultation
Status checked Oct 15, 2026