CJI Surya Kant said Artificial Intelligence should support the judiciary by reducing delays and handling data, but must not replace judges in decision-making. He stressed that the final judgment must always remain in human hands to protect judicial independence and accountability.
The Supreme Court of India plans to deploy Artificial Intelligence to manage case listing and bench allocation, reducing human intervention in the roster process. The reform aims to improve transparency, fix registry lapses, and ensure faster and more efficient justice delivery.
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai acknowledged AI misuse, remarking, “We’ve seen our morphed pictures too,” as the Supreme Court heard a PIL seeking guidelines to regulate the use of Generative AI in India’s judiciary.
