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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Office's rules for how its own examiners and Controllers may, and may not, use AI tools, including a ban on entering unpublished applications into…

INAug 7, 2026 In effect

Status checked Oct 15, 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

INJul 21, 2026 In effect

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

IN-GJApr 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

Guideline, Advisory or OrderLandmark

India AI Governance Guidelines (2025)

MeitY's framework of seven 'sutras', six pillars and new institutions that governs AI through existing laws rather than a standalone AI statute

INNov 5, 2025 Published

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

BIS AI standards

BIS lists 26 published AI and big-data Indian Standards adopted from ISO/IEC, including the AI management system standard IS/ISO/IEC 42001:2023

INNov 2025 Ongoing

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

Kerala HC AI Policy

Reported as India's first High Court AI policy for judges: no AI for findings or judgments, no cloud chatbots, audit logs and mandatory training

IN-KLJul 19, 2025 In force

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

CRI Examination Guidelines 2025

The Patent Office's 2025 examination guidelines for software and AI inventions, with a dedicated chapter on AI/ML, inventorship and disclosure

INJul 2025 In effect

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

Guideline, Advisory or Order

NABCB AIMS Accreditation

QCI's accreditation board sets the criteria under which bodies may certify organisations against ISO/IEC 42001, the AI management system standard

INOct 2024 In effect

Status checked Oct 15, 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

Guideline, Advisory or Order

TEC AI Fairness Standard

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre's voluntary standard for testing AI systems for bias and issuing a fairness score

INJul 7, 2023 Published

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

ICMR AI Ethics Guidelines

A sector-specific ethical framework for AI in health research and care, issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research

IN2023 Published

Status checked Oct 15, 2026

Guideline, Advisory or Order

NITI Aayog Responsible AI (2021)

NITI Aayog's two-part approach document setting seven principles for responsible AI in India, grounded in constitutional morality

INFeb 2021 Published

Status checked Oct 15, 2026