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ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI OpCo LLC, CS(COMM) 1028/2024 – judgment on interim injunction application I.A. 45300/2024 (Delhi High Court)

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The Delhi High Court refused ANI's application for an interim injunction against OpenAI, holding prima facie that storing ANI's articles to train the LLMs behind ChatGPT falls within the fair-dealing exception in Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act and that ChatGPT's RAG-based outputs were not substantially similar to ANI's works. The findings are expressly prima facie; the substantive questions go to trial.

Why it matters

First major Indian ruling on AI training and copyright: for now, training on news content has not been restrained, but the issue remains live at trial and on appeal.

What it requires

Copyright and training data
SourceDelhi High Court: https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/ABL24072026SC10282024_171649.pdfSecondary: https://www.azbpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/India-AI-Regulatory-Tracker-2nd-Ed-Correct-Final.pdf Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Per AZB (8 Sep 2026), ANI has appealed this decision before a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court.

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ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI OpCo LLC, CS(COMM) 1028/2024 – judgment on interim injunction application I.A. 45300/2024 (Delhi High Court). High Court of Delhi (Justice Amit Bansal). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/in-delhi-hc-ani-v-openai-2026/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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