No two democracies are the same when it comes to governing technology. But one of them, and the largest one at that, is breaking away from its cohort in an important way: by announcing that it does not plan any new regulations around artificial intelligence—a stance that could have fundamental consequences for the country's legal system.

India, which only weeks ago announced the partial liberalization of its legal market after decades of internal push-and-pull, stands out as the odd-one-out among a slew of global voices—from Italy, Spain, Germany, Ireland and Belgium to the U.S. and China—calling to keep AI in check.