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
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
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
Initiative or Incentive
MahaCrimeOS AI
A Microsoft-based AI copilot for cybercrime investigation, piloted in Nagpur and announced for all 1,100 Maharashtra police stations
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
Court Ruling
Akshay Tanna v. John Doe
Delhi High Court restrains impersonators who used a deepfake video of a private-equity executive to run investment scams, and decrees the suit in December 2024
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