New Delhi: The Supreme Court has come out with draft regulations for the use of artificial intelligence in courts, permitting use of AI tools for legal research, drafting, translation, transcription and case management, but barring their use to determine judicial outcomes.
The draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026 make it clear that judges alone will determine questions of law, facts and justice, and prohibit the use of AI for dispute-outcome prediction.
While the draft allows lawyers to use AI tools to prepare pleadings and evidence it also proposes that they must tell the court when they do so.
According to the proposed framework, deployment of AI systems that are opaque or incapable of explanation will be restricted in high-risk applications affecting the personal liberty or lawful rights of a person.
The framework underlines that the technology can only be used in an assistive capacity and shall not compromise the independent exercise of judicial authority by a judge. The use of AI in court processes shall at all times remain strictly subservient to human judgment and judicial authority, it said.
The draft comes amid concerns expressed by the top court in recent months over the growing reliance on AI by courts in rendering judgments.
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