ON MARCH 20, 2025, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha provided the information that the Supreme Court of India is using Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) and Machine Learning (‘ML’) in case management. It is used to transcribe oral arguments in Constitution Bench matters.
The Supreme Court Registry, in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (‘NIC’), also uses AI and ML to translate judgments from the English language to 18 Indian languages and, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, to identify defects in online filings. Access to the prototype has been granted to two hundred Advocates-on-Record to use the same and share their feedback, strengthening the right to access justice and the right to administration of justice. The Supreme Court does not use AI or ML-based tools in its decision-making process.
Additionally, the AI-based tool, Supreme Court Portal Assistance in Court Efficiency (‘SUPACE’), aimed at developing a module to understand the factual matrix of cases with an intelligent search of the precedents apart from identifying the cases, is in an experimental stage of development for its testing. SUPACE may be deployed after procurement and deploying graphic processing unit(s) and other latest technology-based units.
