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
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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
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
Court Ruling
Greenopolis Welfare Association v. Narender Singh
Delhi High Court petition withdrawn on 25 September 2025 after respondents showed that precedents and quotations cited for the petitioner did not exist
Status checked Oct 15, 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