Timeline of AI law in India
152 distinct events (151 past, 1 scheduled) drawn from every entry: filings, hearings, judgments, notifications, consultations and launches.
Events are counted once: when the same announcement or order is recorded on several entries, it is one event linked to each of them. Overviews are not counted.
Listed hearings and announced dates that have not happened yet. Dates can move; each shows when its entry was last checked.
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16Nov 2026
Past events by year
December
2023 · 1 event-
4Dec
Rohilla PIL reported
The Hindu reports advocate Chaitanya Rohilla's PIL on unregulated AI and deepfakes in the Delhi High Court; it is first listed for 8 January 2024.
November
2023 · 2 events-
30Nov
Deletion application
Defendant 8 seeks deletion from the suit under Order I Rule 10 CPC, and pleadings continue before the Joint Registrar.
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16Nov
Joint Registrar hearing
The matter is listed before the Joint Registrar for completion of pleadings and marking of exhibits.
September
2023 · 1 event-
20Sep
Ex parte interim injunction
Justice Prathiba M. Singh restrains misuse of Anil Kapoor's persona, including through AI, deepfakes, face-morphing and GIFs. She also orders domain locks, takedowns of deepfake links and blocking requests to DoT and MeitY.
August
2023 · 2 events-
22Aug
Suit listed and decreed; ChatGPT holding
Justice Prathiba M. Singh records the defendant's undertaking, decrees the suit and holds in paragraph 28 that ChatGPT cannot be the basis of adjudication.
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22Aug
Delhi High Court cautions against ChatGPT in adjudication
In Christian Louboutin SAS v. The Shoe Boutique, Justice Prathiba M. Singh holds that ChatGPT cannot be the basis of adjudication and that AI cannot replace human intelligence.
April
2023 · 1 event-
17Apr
SpicyIP critique
Commentators call the order cursory and urge courts to state a legal basis for personality rights.
March
2023 · 2 events-
27Mar
Punjab and Haryana High Court quotes ChatGPT in a bail order
Justice Anoop Chitkara reproduces a ChatGPT answer in a bail order while stating that the reference is not on the merits.
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27Mar
Bail refused; ChatGPT passage included
The High Court dismisses the bail petition, quotes a ChatGPT answer in a "post-reasoning" section and states that the reference is not an expression on the merits. Bar & Bench reports the order the same day.
February
2023 · 2 events-
21Feb
Bail order reserved
Justice Anoop Chitkara reserves judgment on the regular bail petition CRM-M-22496-2022.
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17Feb
Additional documents allowed
Justice Sanjeev Narula allows the plaintiff to file evidence that an impugned book remained on sale online.