Surabhi Pande

Introduction: Continuing the Conversation In Part I of this series, we examined the recent surge in personality rights litigation in India and identified areas where judicial protection may be expanding beyond traditional boundaries. We discussed the importance of principle of proportionality, the requirement of  transformative use principle, and the need for differentiated analysis in evaluating…

Introduction Personality rights have emerged as one of the most debated topics in Indian legal circles over the past year, alongside artificial intelligence. What began as judicial efforts to protect celebrities from AI-generated deepfakes and fraudulent endorsements has evolved into broader protections that raise important questions about balancing celebrity rights with free expression, creativity, and commerce. At…

As India moves towards regulating synthetic and AI generated content online, the draft 2025 amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“ IT Rules 2021”), released on 22nd October 2025, this article raises and addresses a deeper, and possibly more sinister, constitutional question: can the executive rewrite legislative…

Introduction The Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018 (“Original Side Rules”) were notified on 5th January, 2018, superseding and replacing the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1967, specifically with the intent to cater to the change in laws and in particular the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. These Rules, as a special law, contain…