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
Rulings & Decisions
Judgments and orders of the Supreme Court, High Courts and tribunals, and decisions of administrative authorities such as the Copyright and Patent Offices.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Delhi High Court petition withdrawn on 25 September 2025 after respondents showed that precedents and quotations cited for the petitioner did not exist
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Status checked Oct 15, 2026