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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

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 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

IN-DLJul 24, 2026 Pending

Status checked Oct 14, 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

INJul 2, 2026 Decided

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

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"

INFeb 27, 2026 Pending

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

Greenopolis Welfare Association v. Narender Singh

Delhi High Court petition withdrawn on 25 September 2025 after respondents showed that precedents and quotations cited for the petitioner did not exist

IN-DLSep 25, 2025 Disposed of

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

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

Court Ruling

Buckeye Trust (ITAT hallucinated citations)

A Rs 669 crore tax appeal in which an ITAT Bengaluru order of December 2024 cited authorities that could not be found, was recalled, and was redecided in 2026

IN-KADec 30, 2024 Decided

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

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

IN-DLSep 20, 2023 Interim order

Status checked Oct 14, 2026

Court Ruling

Louboutin v. Shoe Boutique (ChatGPT)

Delhi High Court holds that ChatGPT output "cannot be the basis of adjudication of legal or factual issues" in a RED SOLE trademark suit

IN-DLAug 22, 2023 Decided

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

IN-DLNov 25, 2022 Interim order

Status checked Oct 14, 2026