SC using AI, machine-learning tools for case management, Law Minister tells Rajya Sabha
The Supreme Court is making an integrated use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) tools for case management, the Government has told the Rajya Sabha.
In response to a Parliament question, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice ((independent charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal, however, clarified in the Upper House on Thursday that AI and ML tools were not being used for decision-making or to render judgments or orders.
“As per the information provided by the Supreme Court of India, no AI- and ML-based tools are being used by the Supreme Court of India in the decision-making processes, as of now,” the Law Minister said.
The Supreme Court has no plan to integrate AI-based legal research or case prediction systems into court proceedings, he said.
"Artificial Intelligence- and Machine-Learning-based tools are being deployed in case management. They are being used in transcribing oral arguments in Constitution Bench matters. The AI-assisted transcribed arguments can be accessed from the website of the Supreme Court. The competent authority has directed to consider the transcribing of oral arguments on regular hearing days, i.e., Thursdays,” the response read.
The top court was leveraging AI to translate judgments from English into 18 Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu, he said.
Developed in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the initiative aimed to enhance accessibility to legal documents for citizens, the minister said, adding judgments can be accessed through the eSCR (electronic Supreme Court Reports) portal.
The Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court Efficiency (SUPACE)—an AI-based tool designed to analyse case facts and identify relevant precedents3was in an experimental stage as its deployment awaited procurement of advanced hardware, such as graphic processing units and tensor processing units.
