The Delhi High Court on September 15, 2026, issued notice to OpenAI on Asian News International (ANI)’s appeal against the refusal of interim relief in its copyright dispute concerning the use of ANI’s news content by ChatGPT.
Background
ANI had approached the High Court alleging that its original news content was being used by OpenAI in connection with ChatGPT. The news agency sought an interim injunction restraining OpenAI from storing, reproducing, publishing or using its copyrighted material.
On July 24, 2026, Justice Amit Bansal declined to grant the interim injunction. The Court had prima facie held that OpenAI’s storage of ANI’s works fell within the scope of Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act, 1957, and that ANI had not established a case for interim protection.
ANI subsequently challenged that order before a Division Bench.
The appeal was heard by a Bench comprising Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora. ANI’s counsel argued that the earlier interim arrangement under which OpenAI had not scraped content from ANI’s website should be taken into consideration.
The Bench, however, indicated that it would not issue directions regarding the arrangement without first hearing OpenAI.
Senior Advocates Arvind Datar and Kapil Sibal appeared for the intervenors. The Bench also indicated that their assistance could be considered at the next hearing.
The Division Bench issued notice to OpenAI on ANI’s appeal and directed that the matter be listed for further hearing on December 8, 2026.
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