Draft SC rules prohibit use of AI for judicial outcomes, assessing bail eligibility
The Supreme Court of India's AI committee has drafted new regulations to prohibit the use of AI in determining judicial outcomes or assessing bail eligibility. The rules mandate that AI must remain strictly assistive and subservient to human judgment to prevent bias and judicial misconduct.
Why it matters
This reflects a growing global trend of establishing legal guardrails for AI integration in sensitive public sectors like the judiciary to ensure accountability and fairness.
Prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to determine judicial outcomes, the Supreme Court AI committee has proposed draft regulations that bar AI-assisted sentencing without mandatory human oversight, prevent AI systems from profiling parties or witnesses, and disallow the use of “opaque” or “unexplainable” AI systems in any court process.
The article objectively summarizes the proposed regulations and the context of the court's concerns without editorializing.
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