Copyrighting Individuals Faces And Voices: Demark's Response To AI And Deepfake Risks

India has formally moved to regulate deepfakes and AI generated content by notifying the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026.

On June 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of India’s AI Committee released preliminary draft of the Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 (“The Draft”). This marks a shift from scattered experiments with AI tools for translation, transcription, research and case management. With over 93,000 pending matters as of March 2026, the guidelines aim to ease processes for officials and citizens. AI could help reduce backlogs through automated cause-list preparation, transcription, research, and defect scrutiny, but its use also raises serious concerns.

The Supreme Court of India, through notice dated 03.06.2026, has published the draft Regulations for use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026 (“Draft AI Regulations”). Comments and suggestions from all stakeholders and the general public are invited on the Draft AI Regulations by 20.06.2026

In a rare use of its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court heard a curative petition filed by DMRC, challenging an earlier order that had upheld the arbitral award. The judgment brings finality to a decade-long contractual dispute that began in 2013 with arbitration proceedings.

In a seismic event that has rattled the foundations of India's cryptocurrency landscape, WazirX, the nation's largest cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a devastating cyberattack that resulted in the theft of over $240 million in investor funds.

India's fintech market is one of the fastest growing in the world, and it shows no sign of slowing down. Estimates put the market at about USD 145 billion at the end of 2025, growing at a compound annual rate of 30.55% to reach roughly USD 550 billion by 2030. India's fintech adoption rate is around 87%, reportedly the highest anywhere and well above the global average of roughly 64% to 67%. Add the world's second-largest digital population and the runway looks long.

Between May and August 2026, AI regulation has continued to develop rapidly, with a focus on accountability, transparency, human oversight and protection against AI-related harms.

On May 21, 2025, the NPCI introduced new guidelines to streamline the Unified Payments Interface ("UPI") and its Application Programming Interface ("APIs"), effective August 1, 2025.

Cybersecurity regulation in India has, until now, largely spoken to the entity that suffers the breach. The 2022 CERT-In Directions issued under Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 fixed a six-hour reporting clock on the organisation that detects an incident. The new Guidelines flip the lens onto the entity upstream of that breach, the OEM or technology provider that built the product in the first place. For the first time, vendors supplying software, firmware, cloud platforms, or APIs into India carry direct, time-bound, and independently verifiable obligations of their own and not obligations that are merely passed through a customer contract, but obligations CERT-In itself may enforce.

On October 27, 2025, OpenAI published a report on its platform stating that approximately 0.15% of the ChatGPT users exhibit suicidal thoughts or psychosis and seek advice on way and methods of self-harm.

Family settlements also known as family arrangements are agreements entered into by family members to resolve property disputes, often relating to inheritance, without resorting to litigation.

The investment advisory industry in India is changing quickly. With more investors relying on social media, online videos, AI-driven tools, and financial influencers, the risk of fraud has grown significantly.

India's Securities and Exchange Board has barred finfluencer Avadhut Sathe and his entities from the securities market and ordered the impounding of over Rs 546 crore...

Section 8 companies were introduced under the Companies Act 1913. They permitted companies with charitable objects etc. to be registered without the words ‘Limited' or ‘Private Limited'. Section 8 continues...

Italian fashion house, Prada, is under fire after their 2026 men's Summer/Spring collection unveiled during Milan fashion week.

Personality rights, at their core, allow individuals to retain control over the elements that make them identifiable, their name, image, voice, likeness, and other traits that shape their public persona.

India's cultural heritage is not just art, it's identity. Over the past decade, the country has stepped up efforts to reclaim stolen artifacts and safeguard its antiquities. Since 2014, more than 600 objects...

Winding Up of a Company under the Companies Act, 2013 and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: A Detailed Legislative Overview.

In India's evolving business environment, the selection of the proper business organizational form is a fundamental decision for every entrepreneur. Out of several available business forms, the One Person Company (OPC)...

Indian antiquities law is governed by the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act of 1972, which prohibits the export of any antique object that is more than 100 years old without obtaining a valid export permit.