Al to assist and not to decide equities: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has warned that AI should only be used for procedural assistance in the judiciary, not for making substantive legal decisions. His comments follow instances where courts encountered AI-hallucinated case laws in legal filings.
Why it matters
The judiciary's stance on AI is critical as it balances the need for technological efficiency with the necessity of human oversight to prevent errors and maintain justice.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday (July 11, 2026) clarified that Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be used only for procedural convenience and not in actual judging. The role of AI is only that of an assistant, and not a judge.
The CJI’s caution comes amid recent judgments and observations from within the highest court about the dangers on blind reliance on AI.
Earlier this month, a Bench headed by Justice P.S. Narasimha found that a Tribunal had relied on AI-hallucinated verdicts to decide a real case. The apex court advocated ‘zero-tolerance’ to blind reliance on machine intelligence, while highlighting that such sloppiness would spell catastrophe to the judicial process itself.
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