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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An unpublished advisory asking platforms to prioritise government complaints and to label manipulated or synthetic content on current events

INOct 8, 2026 Issued

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

INOct 5, 2026 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

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

IN-DLOct 5, 2026 Decided

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

INSep 8, 2026 Pending

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

IN-GJApr 10, 2026 Pending

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Sonakshi Sinha v. Character.AI

Delhi High Court order of 20 March 2026 against chatbot platforms Character.AI and Janitor AI hosting AI personas of the actor

IN-DLMar 20, 2026 Interim order

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

INFeb 10, 2026 In force

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

INJan 2, 2026 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Asha Bhosle v. Mayk Inc

Bombay High Court order of 29 September 2025 protecting singer Asha Bhosle against AI voice cloning, fake merchandise and AI-generated videos

IN-MHSep 29, 2025 Interim order

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

IN-DLSep 9, 2025 Interim order

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

INAug 20, 2025 Published

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

IN-DLMay 30, 2025 Interim order

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

INJan 16, 2025 Issued

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

IN-DLDec 5, 2024 Decided

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Delhi HC deepfake PILs

Public interest petitions that pushed MeitY to form a Committee on Deepfakes; the lead matter is still pending in the Delhi High Court

IN-DLNov 21, 2024 Pending

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Arijit Singh v. Codible Ventures

Bombay High Court order of 26 July 2024 restraining AI voice-cloning platforms from imitating singer Arijit Singh

IN-MHJul 26, 2024 Interim order

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Court Ruling

Jackie Shroff v. The Peppy Store

Delhi High Court restrains an unlicensed AI chatbot and merchandise sellers over Jackie Shroff's persona, while declining to enjoin a YouTube meme video

IN-DLMay 15, 2024 Decided

Status checked Oct 14, 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

INMay 6, 2024 Issued

Status checked Oct 14, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

MeitY AI advisory (March 2024)

The advisory that first required government permission for 'under-tested' AI models, drew a start-up backlash and was rewritten two weeks later

INMar 1, 2024 Superseded

Status checked Oct 15, 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

INNov 7, 2023 Superseded

Status checked Oct 15, 2026