AI Governance & Regulatory Compliance

Overview

Artificial intelligence systems deployed in India sit at the intersection of multiple existing legal frameworks — the Information Technology Act 2000, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDP Act), consumer protection law, employment law, and sector-specific regulations — even before dedicated AI legislation is enacted. For companies developing, deploying, or relying on AI systems in high-risk domains such as credit, healthcare, hiring, and law enforcement, the legal exposure is already material and accelerating. Corpus Juris Legal advises technology companies, enterprises, and digital platforms on building AI governance structures that are legally defensible under current law and positioned for compliance with the regulatory frameworks under development. Our advisory covers AI liability allocation — who bears responsibility when an AI system causes harm, how contractual indemnities between AI vendors and deploying enterprises should be structured, and how existing consumer protection and product liability frameworks apply to algorithmic outputs. For companies operating across jurisdictions, we advise on the interaction between India's DPDP Act 2023, the EU AI Act (effective 2024), and applicable sector-specific guidelines from RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI on algorithmic systems. We assist in drafting AI acceptable use policies, algorithmic impact assessment frameworks, human oversight protocols, and AI system audit trails that satisfy both regulator and enterprise risk requirements. For companies using generative AI tools in their operations, we advise on IP ownership of AI outputs, employee acceptable use policies, and confidentiality risk management.

Key Service Components

• ◆AI governance framework design — policies, oversight structures, and accountability mapping
• ◆AI liability advisory — vendor-deployer indemnity structuring and contractual risk allocation
• ◆DPDP Act 2023 compliance for AI systems processing personal data
• ◆EU AI Act compliance for Indian companies with EU operations or customers
• ◆Sector AI guidelines — RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI algorithmic system compliance
• ◆Algorithmic impact assessment framework drafting
• ◆Generative AI acceptable use policy and confidentiality risk advisory
• ◆AI output IP ownership — copyright and authorship analysis under Indian law
• ◆AI audit trail and documentation requirements for regulated sectors
• ◆AI procurement contract review — SLA, liability cap, and data ownership clauses

Our Approach

We map every AI system a client deploys against applicable legal frameworks — existing and emerging — and produce a prioritised governance gap analysis. Frameworks we design are practical, not theoretical: built for the operational reality of the technology teams implementing them.

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