Rules & Regulations
SEBI Common Advertisement Code
SEBI's new advertising code treats AI-generated virtual influencers as celebrities whose ads need prior approval
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
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Guideline, Advisory or Order
MeitY "enhanced diligence" advisory (Oct 2026)
An unpublished advisory asking platforms to prioritise government complaints and to label manipulated or synthetic content on current events
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Overview
AI personality-rights orders (overview)
How the Delhi and Bombay High Courts have used personality rights to restrain AI voice clones, deepfakes and chatbots
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Supreme Court AI and deepfake petitions
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Overview
AI Hallucination Cases in Indian Courts
Overview of incidents in which non-existent or misquoted authorities surfaced in Indian orders and filings, and how courts and the Bar have responded
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Administrative Decision
Thaler / DABUS copyright order
Copyright Office order of 31 Aug 2026: AI-generated art can be original, but an AI system cannot be the author
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
Patent Office AI-use Guidelines
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Office's rules for how its own examiners and Controllers may, and may not, use AI tools, including a ban on entering unpublished applications into…
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
CDSCO medical device software guidance
The drug regulator's final guidance on licensing software as a medical device, with explicit requirements for AI and machine learning tools
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court RulingLandmark
Pooja Ramesh Singh v. J&K Bank
Supreme Court sets aside NCLT and NCLAT insolvency rulings built on hallucinated precedents and declares "zero tolerance" for unverified AI citations
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
SC Draft AI Regulations, 2026
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Administrative Decision
DABUS patent application
Indian Patent Office refused (15 Apr 2026) a patent naming the AI system DABUS as inventor; appeal pending in the Delhi High Court
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG)
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
Draft IT Rules amendment (March 2026)
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA White Paper on Indigenous Foundation Models
PSA white paper (March 2026) mapping India's indigenous foundation model effort and the laws, standards and benchmarks that govern it
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Gummadi Usha Rani v. Sure Mallikarjuna Rao
Supreme Court inquiry into a trial court that relied on four AI-generated, non-existent judgments; declares such reliance "misconduct"
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & RegulationsLandmark
IT Rules amendment on synthetic content (2026)
India's first binding AI-specific content rules: labelling, provenance and prevention duties for deepfakes, and a three-hour takedown deadline
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
MeitY and X over Grok
MeitY's notice to X over Grok-generated obscene images, with a 72-hour action-taken report and a warning of lost safe harbour
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA techno-legal AI governance 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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA White Paper on AI Infrastructure
PSA white paper (Version 3.0, 29 December 2025) on treating compute, datasets and models as shared public goods through a phased DPI approach
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
DPIIT AI Copyright Working Paper
A government committee's proposal for a mandatory blanket licence with statutory royalties for training AI on lawfully accessed copyrighted works
Status checked Oct 15, 2026