The column traces the chain that began when a trial court order resting on fabricated AI citations was set aside on appeal and ended in draft regulations on AI in courts, and it argues that legal education has yet to catch up.

The column examines the injunction sought in ANI v. OpenAI before the Delhi High Court, and it argues that the blanket licensing scheme proposed by the Government fails creators and that the line between fair dealing and market harm is Parliament’s to redraw.

The column examines the drift towards governing through executive instruments rather than through statute, and what the constitutional limits on sub-delegation require of that practice.

The column argues that competitive pressure, weak regulation and the pace of innovation are together carrying artificial intelligence past the reach of existing legal frameworks.

The column argues that content creation labs in fifteen thousand schools will not build a creative economy while trust has fallen from thirty-nine per cent to seventeen in two decades, and that South Korea’s returns came from institutional correction rather than investment alone.

The article argues for a participatory approach to AI governance, contending that because the risks and consequences of AI systems are borne by society at large, the public must have a meaningful role in shaping the regulatory frameworks that govern them.

The article analyses the Competition Commission of India’s latest market study on AI, examining how India is navigating the balance between fostering rapid technological advancement and ensuring fair market competition. It takes up market concentration in AI markets, data advantage as a barrier to competition, and the regulatory frameworks a competitive AI ecosystem requires.

The article argues that, as AI companions grow emotionally persuasive, India must recognise mental integrity as a constitutional safeguard against subtle algorithmic influence shaping beliefs, choices and autonomy.

The article reviews developments over the past year and traces how several long-discussed questions about AI are now taking concrete form. It highlights these issues for public review and attention.

The paper develops an account of artificial intelligence that students of the humanities can grasp without technical training, and it argues that conceptual literacy of this kind belongs within the legal curriculum.