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
Devi Prasad Shetty v. Medicine Me
Delhi High Court decree of 5 October 2026 permanently enjoining AI deepfake videos that falsely showed a cardiac surgeon endorsing drugs
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
Court Ruling
Vikas Vijay Nair v. Gujarat (deepfake PIL)
A 2026 Gujarat High Court PIL that pushed platforms to onboard the SAHYOG takedown portal, until the Supreme Court stayed it in September 2026
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
Court Ruling
Aishwarya & Abhishek Bachchan personality rights
Delhi High Court orders of 9 and 10 September 2025 protecting the Bachchans against AI chatbots, deepfakes and merchandise
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
Parliamentary committees on deepfakes and AI content
Two 2025 committee reports urging watermarking, labelling, licensing of AI content creators and tighter safe harbour, with no formal government response found
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Sadhguru v. Igor Isakov
Delhi High Court's 30 May 2025 "dynamic+" injunction against AI deepfakes of spiritual leader Sadhguru used in scams and false endorsements
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
ECI AI-labelling advisories (2025)
ECI requires parties to label AI-generated campaign material, with labels covering 10% of the screen, creator disclosure, record-keeping and three-hour takedowns
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
ECI deepfake advisory (May 2024)
ECI's first deepfake-specific directions to political parties, requiring removal of deepfake audio and video within three hours during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Status checked Oct 14, 2026
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
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