Rules & Regulations
SEBI Common Advertisement Code
SEBI's new advertising code treats AI-generated virtual influencers as celebrities whose ads need prior approval
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
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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An unpublished advisory asking platforms to prioritise government complaints and to label manipulated or synthetic content on current events
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
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
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
Overview
AI Hallucination Cases in Indian Courts
Overview of incidents in which non-existent or misquoted authorities surfaced in Indian orders and filings, and how courts and the Bar have responded
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Administrative Decision
Thaler / DABUS copyright order
Copyright Office order of 31 Aug 2026: AI-generated art can be original, but an AI system cannot be the author
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
Patent Office AI-use Guidelines
The Indian Patent Office's rules for how its own examiners and Controllers may, and may not, use AI tools, including a ban on entering unpublished applications into…
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court RulingLandmark
ANI v. OpenAI
India's first copyright suit over training a large language model on news; interim injunction refused in July 2026, appeal pending
Status checked Oct 14, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
CDSCO medical device software guidance
The drug regulator's final guidance on licensing software as a medical device, with explicit requirements for AI and machine learning tools
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court RulingLandmark
Pooja Ramesh Singh v. J&K Bank
Supreme Court sets aside NCLT and NCLAT insolvency rulings built on hallucinated precedents and declares "zero tolerance" for unverified AI citations
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
SC Draft AI Regulations, 2026
The Supreme Court's AI Committee proposes a national framework for AI in courts: human primacy, banned uses, disclosure by litigants, audits and an Apex Body
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
Initiative or Incentive
AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG)
A ministerial and secretary-level group that merges the proposed AI Governance Group with the Economic Survey's AI Economic Council, without the sectoral regulators
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
Guideline, Advisory or Order
Gujarat HC AI Policy
Gujarat High Court bars AI from adjudication and drafting of orders, fixes personal liability on signatories, and later enforces AI norms on State tax officers
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
Draft IT Rules amendment (March 2026)
A draft that would make MeitY advisories part of intermediary due diligence on pain of losing safe harbour, and extend media oversight to user news posts
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Report or White Paper
PSA White Paper on Indigenous Foundation Models
PSA white paper (March 2026) mapping India's indigenous foundation model effort and the laws, standards and benchmarks that govern it
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Gummadi Usha Rani v. Sure Mallikarjuna Rao
Supreme Court inquiry into a trial court that relied on four AI-generated, non-existent judgments; declares such reliance "misconduct"
Status checked Oct 15, 2026