Cyber Law
Essays on how Indian law handles technology it did not anticipate. Whether the safe harbour written in 2000 for intermediaries that carried other people's messages reaches systems that compose their own; who bears responsibility when an AI system states something false; whether a blanket ban on children's social media could survive constitutional scrutiny; and who, if anyone, owns what a machine makes. The common thread is old statutory language being asked to do new work.
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Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Work in India
A book or a painting made by a machine, with no real human contribution, is an original work under Indian law. The Copyright Act then has nobody to give it to.
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Who Is Responsible When AI Gives Wrong Information
When an AI invents a case and an advocate cites it, India now has an answer about who is responsible. It runs in one direction only.
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Why a Social Media Ban for Children Would Fail the Constitution
A blanket ban on children's social media would fail India's proportionality test and silence children who are speakers in their own right.