Overview
- In a Nov. 29 address in Delhi, the Supreme Court judge outlined a roadmap to accelerate AI adoption as guidance rather than a binding policy shift.
- He highlighted operational deployments already in use, including SUVAS for vernacular translations, SUPACE for research assistance, and real-time transcription for Constitution Bench hearings.
- The scale problem he cited is stark, with more than 50 million pending cases and roughly 21 judges per million people serving a population of about 1.4 billion.
- He warned that AI must avoid algorithmic bias and protect privacy, calling for transparent, explainable, preferably open-source systems that do not function as opaque black boxes.
- He urged expansion of Online Dispute Resolution and AI-assisted mediation for high-volume, low-value matters, coupled with technology-oriented legal education and careful study of foreign models without copying them.