Amitabh Bachchan vs Various Defendants — Personality Rights Infringement Suit

Delhi High Court examined copyright infringement and fair dealing principles in relation to AI text processing. The court considered whether public interest considerations expanded the scope of fair dealing doctrine in the context of news content usage by an AI platform.

The Delhi High Court stayed the operation of a June 9, 2026 judgment and decree that had reversed a 2009 trial court ruling in favour of Sir Sobha Singh and Sons Pvt Ltd in a property dispute with the Union of India concerning Ambassador Hotel premises.

An 86-year-old father alleged that his youngest son forced him out of the ancestral home at Baramunda village. The Orissa High Court ordered the son to vacate the ground floor and restore it to the father, while leaving a separate dispute over land parcels bought in the son's name to civil court.