Guideline, Advisory or Order
MeitY deepfake advisories (2023)
MeitY's first deepfake advisories, issued after the Rashmika Mandanna video, warned platforms that failing to act would cost them safe harbour
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
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Court RulingLandmark
Anil Kapoor v. Simply Life India
Delhi High Court's 2023 omnibus order protecting an actor's persona against AI, deepfakes, face-morphing and voice misuse
Status checked Oct 14, 2026
Court Ruling
Louboutin v. Shoe Boutique (ChatGPT)
Delhi High Court holds that ChatGPT output "cannot be the basis of adjudication of legal or factual issues" in a RED SOLE trademark suit
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
TRAI AI & Big Data Recommendations
The telecom regulator's call for a cross-sector, risk-based AI law and an independent "AI and Data Authority of India" (AIDAI)
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
TEC AI Fairness Standard
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre's voluntary standard for testing AI systems for bias and issuing a fairness score
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Jaswinder Singh v. State of Punjab (ChatGPT bail order)
A High Court bail order that quoted ChatGPT's answer on cruelty; bail was refused on the facts and the AI passage was expressly not relied on
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Bill
Digital India Act (proposed)
The proposed successor to the IT Act, meant to rework safe harbour and regulate high-risk AI, which has stalled with no draft bill
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
eCourts Phase III
Union Cabinet-approved Rs 7,210 crore programme to build digital, paperless courts, with AI, OCR and blockchain among its enabling technologies
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
ICMR AI Ethics Guidelines
A sector-specific ethical framework for AI in health research and care, issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Amitabh Bachchan v. Rajat Nagi
Delhi High Court's 2022 omnibus John Doe injunction protecting Amitabh Bachchan's name, voice and image against fake KBC lottery scams and merchandise
Status checked Oct 14, 2026
Report or White Paper
NITI Aayog FRT paper (DigiYatra case study)
NITI Aayog's draft discussion paper testing its responsible-AI principles on facial recognition, with DigiYatra as the case study
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
BHASHINI
MeitY's public AI language platform for translation, speech and voice in Indian languages, and a core layer of India's digital public infrastructure
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
Supreme Court AI Initiatives
The tools the Supreme Court uses or is building (SUPACE, SUVAS, transcription, listing, pendency tracking) and the AI Committee that now governs them
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
NITI Aayog Responsible AI (2021)
NITI Aayog's two-part approach document setting seven principles for responsible AI in India, grounded in constitutional morality
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Administrative Decision
Suryast / RAGHAV registration
India's Copyright Office registered an artwork listing an AI painting app as co-author in 2020, then issued a withdrawal notice in 2021
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
Tamil Nadu Safe & Ethical AI Policy
An early Indian state policy that sets ethics tests, a scorecard and procurement rules for AI used by Tamil Nadu government bodies
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
SEBI AI/ML regulation
From 2019 reporting circulars to 2025 rules on responsibility for AI tools and a still-pending responsible-AI framework
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or IncentiveLandmark
National Strategy for AI (#AIforAll)
India's first national AI strategy: five focus sectors, CORE and ICTAI research centres, an AI marketplace and the 'AI for All' brand
Status checked Oct 15, 2026