Context
The Supreme Court of India has released the Draft Regulations for use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 for public consultation. The draft seeks to regulate AI use in judicial administration while ensuring that judicial decision-making remains exclusively human-led.
Explanation:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems capable of performing tasks requiring human intelligence, such as language processing, pattern recognition, and data analysis.
- The draft permits AI for administrative and assistive functions, including legal research, translation, transcription, case management, scheduling, accessibility, and court administration.
- AI is prohibited from performing judicial decision-making, predicting case outcomes, assessing witness credibility, determining guilt or innocence, sentencing, or generating final judicial orders.
- The framework mandates human oversight, transparency, accountability, and disclosure whenever AI tools assist court processes.
- It discourages the use of black-box (non-explainable) AI and emphasizes Explainable AI (XAI), data privacy, fairness, and protection against algorithmic bias.
- The regulations align with constitutional principles of natural justice, due process, judicial independence, and the right to a fair trial.
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Supreme Court’s Draft Regulations on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts (Source: Indian Express)