What Happens to Article 19 as News Media Battles AI
This opinion was published in The Wire on June 11, 2025.
About the Authors
Anchal Bhatheja is a 2023 BA. LLB. (Hons.) Graduate of NLSIU, Bangalore. She was an associate at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with the Tech Disputes Team, prior to joining Vidhi. Her academic interests include Constitutional Law, Sociology and Jurisprudence. She takes a deep interest in Urdu literature, classical hindi music and Stand-up comedy.
Rahul Bajaj is Senior Associate Fellow [Disability Rights] at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. In this role, Rahul works with Vidhi's Disability Inclusion and Access team to provide high quality thought leadership on legal policy issues concerning persons with disabilities, assists the team with various origination and engaged projects, spearheads the team's strategic litigation efforts and assists in building mutually beneficial partnerships. Rahul is also a practicing lawyer in the courts of Delhi and the Co-Founder of an NGO called Mission Accessibility which also works on advancing the rights of the disabled. Rahul's prior experiences including working in the Disputes Practice in Trilegal, Delhi, pursuing two masters in law degrees from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and clerking for the current Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud.