Proceedings of the International Conference on Socio Legal Intricacies of Artificial Intelligence (ICSLIAI 2026)
22 articles
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Peer-Review Statements
Vikrant Sopan Yadav, Abin Biju Puthupurakizhakathil
All of the articles in this proceedings volume have been presented at the International Conference on Socio-Legal Intricacies of Artificial Intelligence during October 1, 2025 to December 15, 2025 in Pune, India. These articles have been peer reviewed by the members of the Review Board of the ICSLIAI-2026...
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Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for AI Innovation: A Need for Tailored Reform?
Ankit Shrivastava, Aaratrika Pandey, Hartej Singh Kochher
The intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence training presents a defining challenge for global innovation policy. Training large-scale generative AI models requires ingesting thousands of copyrighted works, rendering traditional licensing and rights-clearance frameworks economically...
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The AI Healthcare Revolution: Worldwide Trends, India’s Leap, and the Challenge of Undefined Laws
Shaily Solankee, Prasad Mali
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a part of our daily lives, but tomorrow it may operate on us just like a doctor. It might sound intriguing, but there are a lot of things that are to be kept in mind, such as the liability part – who shall be responsible if there is an error committed by the AI...
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Governing the Digital Cradle: Medico-Legal Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence in Reproductive Health
Sandhya Kumari, Rudrabhishek Chauhan
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Infused Reproductive Technology is the waning of human instinct in medicine and AI’s rise as data-informed precision health care. It opens the door to “robotic” diagnostics that identify prime embryos for In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) with near-perfect success rates, augmented...
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Automated Decision-Making in Indian Credit Scoring: Assessing Fairness, Transparency, and Privacy under the DPDP Act and RBI Guidelines
Pushkar Sejwal, Meenu Gupta
The pervasive adoption of Automated Decision Making (ADM) systems within India’s rapidly expanding credit ecosystem presents a complex regulatory challenge. While these algorithms accelerate financial inclusion and operational efficiency for lenders, their inherent opacity risks perpetuating systemic...
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Navigating Copyright, Data Governance, and AI Training: Multijurisdictional Policy Assessment
Maitreyee Bapat, Isha Kul
The fast-paced development of generative “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has put copyright in a critical position. The training of these AI models needs magnanimous and systematic copying of creative works. However, it raises uncertainty for the creators, authors, and artists about how their works are...
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Regulating AI-Based Policing in India: Lessons from the EU AI Act for Surveillance, Accountability, and Investigative Practices
Simarjeet Singh Satia, Ekta Gupta
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-led technologies for surveillance are advancing criminal law practices, as Indian law enforcement rapidly deploys these tools, including facial recognition systems, drone-based monitoring, automated number plate recognition, policing software, and AI-enabled cyber forensics....
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Liability Framework for AI Errors In CBDC: A Comparative Socio-Legal Analysis
Dinesh Vishwanath Iyer, Sarika J. Sagar
Most of the nation’s now engage in developing their own versions of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with CBDC helps in detection, validation execution. But it has its inherent biases. The researchers offer a comparative socio-legal perspective...
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Envisaging a Smart Prison Infrastructure: An Analysis of Using AI as a Tool for Prisoners’ Reformation and Rehabilitation
Anamika Singh, Vaishnavi Unmesh Andhare
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in prisoner rehabilitation is a new and potentially transformative concept. This paper suggests an artificial intelligence rehabilitation and reformation system, which will incorporate machine learning, adaptive assessment, and behavioral analytics to meet...
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Exploring Alternatives to the Predominant Pharma Patent Model in the Global South and Impact of AI
Akash Chatterjee
The transformative spirit of the TRIPS Agreement was widely seen as an encouraging force driving a transnational change in the era of globalisation and the interconnectivity of trade. However, 30 years have passed since then, and a closer look at the evaluation of this agreement over the course of almost...
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Artificial Intelligence and the Regulatory Frontier: A Comparative Analysis of Privacy, Surveillance, and Automated Decision-Making under Indian and European Law
Joseph Thomas
The present report includes a stringent comparative evaluation of the new regulatory environment around Artificial Intelligence (AI) with reference to the deep divergence between the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, in India, and the two-tier regulatory frameworks of the GDPR and AI...
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The Socio-legal Implications of AI Training: Copyright, Privacy, and Power Disparities in India
Kshama Shrof, Aditi Mukherjee
Artificial intelligence has emerged as one of the driving forces of change in the manner information is created, the organization of economic activities, as well as the manner in which societies are governed. The most critical point of change is the problem of data. The latest use of AI technology relies...
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Impact of AI Chatbots on Consumer Service Experience and Perceived Accountability of Firms
Sachin Deshmukh, Anil Sharma
With the high adoption rate of AI-powered chatbots in the customer-facing services, the algorithm has reshaped how consumers evaluate the quality of services, accuracy, and responsibility of the firms in the digital contact points. Though chatbots are said to be efficient, fast-paced, and available 24/7,...
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The Role of AI-Driven Translation in Democratizing Access to Government Schemes (DBT) in Rural India
Vaishnavi Desai Ugale, Akshay Ugale
The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system in India has become the framework of the welfare structure of the country to provide increased efficiency, reduce leakages, and financial inclusion by direct transfers to the bank accounts of beneficiaries. Although it has a transformational potential, the availability...
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Artificial Intelligence for Governing Forced Migration and Urban Sustainability: A Critical Analysis
Mihir Umesh Inamdar, Abhijeet Ramkrishna Dhere
Forced migration is a great challenge to the sustainability of cities, especially in India, which is a fast-urbanizing nation. The recent policy discussion has favored a growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a governance mechanism to manage the migration flow, urban infrastructure, and service...
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Evolution of AI in Indian Policing and Surveillance: An Analysis
Saumya Baranwal
The adoption of the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) in policing and surveillance strategies has radically changed the way law enforcement is conducted in India over the last ten years. In this paper, the author will trace the development, implementation, and regulation of AI-enabled policing...
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When AI Breaks the Law: Rethinking Mens Rea in the Age of Autonomous System
Renuka Renuka, Rohit Raj
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly shifted to the periphery of fantasy and the core of human decision-making of humans, challenging the very principles by which criminal law has always been built. The crux of this interference is mens rea, the presence of a guilty mind on which intention, awareness,...
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Regulating AI in Criminal Justice: A Study on Surveillance Technologies, Predicative Policing, Cybercrime Enforcement, and Human Rights Protection
K. N. Siva Subramaniam
In this fast-changing digital era, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transitioned contemporary criminal justice systems through its migration into surveillance networks, predictive policy methods, and regulatory cybercrime enforcements. This technology ensures greater operational efficiency, real-time...
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Algorithmic Advocacy: Evaluating the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Case Analysis, Documentation, and Legal Decision-Making
Vikas Gupta, Tushti Pande
The paper critically explores the impact of artificial intelligence on legal systems today, and specifically, through algorithmically-assisted legal representation, where the process of analysing the facts of a case, every document related to a case, and determining decisions about that case has all...
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Navigating the Socio-Legal Implications of Deepfakes: A Comparative Study
Palak Rajpal
In recent decades, artificial intelligence has gained significant traction across various fields, simplifying complex tasks and making them more accessible. This technology offers numerous advantages to sectors such as entertainment, filmmaking, media, marketing, and healthcare. However, it also presents...
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Beyond Bias: Non-Exclusion Duties for AI-Enabled Public Services
Vikas Waghmare
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes more and more important opportunities and services, such as welfare benefits, health care in the form of triage, educational assistance, employment, housing, banking, and legal services, available. Contemporary debates on fair AI tend to revolve around statistical discrimination...
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Legal Aid Clinics as Catalysts of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Rural India – Exploring the role of Artificial Intelligence in improving Access to Justice
Apurva Bhilare, Divyanshu Priyadarshi
To ‘leave no one behind’ and to ‘reach the furthest behind first’ are the principles that lie at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Goals. Goal sixteen aims at building effective and accountable institutions and providing access to justice for all. The Indian legal system has tiers for redressing...