ANI v. OpenAI: India's first AI-training copyright case
Indian news agency ANI's appeal against a Delhi High Court order that let OpenAI train ChatGPT on its news content was listed before a Division Bench on September 8, but did not proceed after the bench's presiding judge was elevated; it is now listed for September 14.
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ANI's Appeal Against OpenAI Copyright Ruling Reaches Delhi High Court Division Bench
Indian news agency ANI's appeal against a Delhi High Court order that let OpenAI train ChatGPT on its news content was listed before a Division Bench on September 8, but did not proceed after the bench's presiding judge was elevated; it is now listed for September 14.
- 07 Sept 2026
ANI files appeal before a Division Bench
ANI, the first Indian media house to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement, filed an appeal challenging the single-judge order that denied it interim relief.
- 24 Jul 2026
Single judge declines interim relief; AI training held to be fair dealing
Justice Amit Bansal rejected ANI's application to restrain OpenAI from using its content to train ChatGPT, holding that storing the works for machine learning fell within the fair-dealing exception of the Copyright Act, 1957.