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

- **Jurisdiction:** India (IN)
- **Type:** Court ruling · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** yes
- **Issued by:** High Court of Delhi (Justice Amit Bansal)
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 24 Jul 2026 · **Effective:** 24 Jul 2026
- **Obligations:** Copyright and training data
- **Sectors:** Media

## Summary
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.

## Source
[Delhi High Court](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/ABL24072026SC10282024_171649.pdf) · [secondary](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.

## Cite
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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