Timeline of AI law in India

ITAT dismisses the appeal

The "A" Bench at Bengaluru dismisses ITA No. 1051/Bang/2024 in an order citing fifteen authorities, several later reported as fabricated or mis-cited.

Punjab and Haryana High Court asks ChatGPT about DGPS

Justice Deepak Gupta uses ChatGPT's description of differential GPS accuracy in a land-demarcation revision petition.

Suit decreed

Justice Amit Bansal decrees the suit under Order VIII Rule 10 CPC and grants a permanent injunction.

Plaintiffs discover the deepfakes

Per the plaint, the plaintiffs first learn of the infringing websites and accounts.

Ex parte interim order

The Delhi High Court restrains misuse of his persona through AI and deepfakes and directs Meta and Google to take down content and disclose details.

Defendant 2 proceeded against ex parte

The Joint Registrar closes defendant 2's right to file a written statement.

Merit found; committee process directed

The Division Bench finds merit in the petitions, orders nominees within a week, a study of foreign regimes such as the EU, stakeholder hearings, and a report preferably within three months.

Committee on Deepfakes constituted

MeitY issues an office memorandum forming the committee.

Suit listed; issues framed; amici appointed

Justice Amit Bansal issues summons in CS(COMM) 1028/2024, frames four issues for the interim stage and appoints Adarsh Ramanujan and Prof. Arul George Scaria as amici curiae.

AI chatbot operator settles

The suit is settled as against Defendant 13, the operator of the AI chatbot platform.

Decree against Defendant 11

Justice Amit Bansal decrees the suit against Defendant 11. The anilkapoor.com domain is recorded as locked.

Justice Singh on AI and adjudication

Speaking at an IBA litigation and ADR symposium, Justice Singh is reported as saying AI can be a tool for the justice system but adjudication cannot be outsourced.

MeitY told to report on steps taken

The court directs the Union to place on record what it is doing about deepfakes.

Affidavit of service filed

The plaintiff files proof that defendant 2 was served through WhatsApp and Telegram.

ANI offers OpenAI a licence

ANI offers OpenAI a licence to its digital content for USD 7.5 million. The court later relied on this offer to hold that ANI's loss could be compensated in money.

Hearing not reached

The board cannot be taken up for want of time. The matter is stood over to 27 September 2024 and earlier ad-interim relief continues.

Court says deepfakes need regulation

A hearing is reported with the court saying there is a pressing need to control and regulate the spread of deepfakes and that deepfake-generating platforms may not be intermediaries.

NCLT admits Section 7 application

The NCLT, Mumbai admits the application against Essel Infraprojects Ltd. as corporate guarantor, appoints an interim resolution professional and declares a moratorium; its reasoning cites six Supreme Court decisions.

Tripura High Court puts a query to ChatGPT

In Subhash Chakraborty v. Sandhya Deb (RFA 13/2024), Justice Biswajit Palit records a ChatGPT query and answer on damages in an injunction suit.

Academic commentary

SpicyIP publishes a two-part analysis describing the order as potentially the first to address AI voice cloning directly, and listing open questions.

Order reported

Bar & Bench reports that the court found conversion of any voice into a celebrity's without permission to be a violation of the celebrity's personality rights.

Ex parte ad-interim injunction

Justice R. I. Chagla restrains 27 defendants from imitating the plaintiff's persona through AI voice models, deepfakes, face morphing and GIFs, locks two domains and orders takedown and disclosure.

SpicyIP analysis

Commentary welcomes the order's attention to creators' livelihoods and contrasts it with Anil Kapoor.

Ex parte interim injunction

Justice Sanjeev Narula restrains merchandise sellers, distorted-video creators, a wallpaper provider and an unlicensed AI chatbot, orders URL blocking, and declines relief against a YouTube 'Thug Life' video.

Suit filed and first listed

Jackie Shroff sues merchandise sellers, video creators, GIF and wallpaper platforms, an AI chatbot operator and unknown persons in the Delhi High Court.

Rajat Sharma PIL: notice to Centre

Journalist Rajat Sharma's PIL seeks blocking of deepfake apps and platforms and a nodal officer; the court issues notice (W.P.(C) 6560/2024).

Election-period deepfake PIL disposed of

The Delhi High Court disposes of a PIL on AI-generated political content during the Lok Sabha elections, trusting the Election Commission to act, as reported by MediaNama.

Decree against several defendants

Justice Sanjeev Narula decrees the suit against Defendants 2, 4–10, 12 and 13 and confirms the interim injunction.

First fabricated video posted

Defendant 1 posts a news-style video showing Dr Shetty promoting a diabetes drug; a second video follows on 12 April 2024.

PCIT revises the assessment

The PCIT-2, Bengaluru, passes a Section 263 order holding the assessment erroneous and prejudicial to the revenue, after a notice of 13 March 2024.

Ex parte ad interim injunction

Justice Sanjeev Narula restrains misuse of the plaintiff's identity, directs Telegram and Meta to remove accounts and groups, and directs MeitY and DoT to have numbers and domains blocked.

Notices sent to platforms and defendants

Notices go to WhatsApp, Meta and the defendants with limited results, per the December 2024 judgment.