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The Supreme Court is leveraging AI and ML to streamline case management and judgment translations. Tools developed with NIC and IIT Madras help identify defects and extract case data efficiently. Over 86,000 cases are pending in the apex court alone. AI-driven SUPACE for precedent analysis is still in experimental stages.

Key Points: Supreme Court Deploys AI ML Tools for Case Management Says Meghwal

  • AI tools transcribe oral arguments in Constitutional Bench cases
  • Supreme Court collaborates with NIC for judgment translations in 18 languages
  • IIT Madras assists in AI-driven defect identification for e-filing
  • Over 4.65 crore cases pending in district courts as per NJDG
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Supreme Court using AI, ML for efficiency: MoS Arjun Ram Meghwal

MoS Arjun Ram Meghwal reveals Supreme Court's AI-driven case management, translation, and defect identification tools in collaboration with NIC and IIT Madras.

"This AI and ML-based tool will be integrated with the electronic filing module and the case management software – Arjun Ram Meghwal"

New Delhi, July 25

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)-based tools are being deployed in case management in the Supreme Court in addition to transcribing oral arguments in Constitutional Bench matters, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said, in a written reply, that the Supreme Court is also using AI and ML-based tools in close coordination with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), in translation of judgments from English to 18 Indian languages.

These languages include Assamese, Bengali, Garo, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Khasi, Konkani, Malayali, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Santali, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The judgments can be accessed through the eSCR portal of the Supreme Court.

The MoS said the Supreme Court, in close coordination with IIT Madras, has developed and deployed AI and ML-based tools integrated with the electronic filing software for the identification of defects.

Recently, access to the prototype has been granted to 200 Advocates-on-Record, he said.

The Supreme Court is also testing prototypes of AI and ML tools for curing defects, data, and metadata extraction in collaboration with IIT Madras.

"This AI and ML-based tool will be integrated with the electronic filing module and the case management software, namely Integrated Case Management & Information System (ICMIS)," he said.

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 the experimental stage of development, he said

SUPACE may be deployed after procurement and deployment of graphic processing unit(s) and other latest technology-based units, such as Tensor Processing Unit, the MoS.

On a separate question related to pending court cases, MoS Meghwal said as per information available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), till July 21, at least 86,742 cases were pending in the Supreme Court, 63.30 lakh in High Courts and 4.65 crore in district and subordinate courts.

- IANS

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Priyanka N
While the initiative is good, I'm concerned about data privacy and potential biases in AI algorithms. The Supreme Court should ensure complete transparency in how these tools work. Also, what about training for judges and lawyers to use these technologies effectively?
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Sanjay N
Great step forward! But with 4.65 crore pending cases in lower courts, shouldn't we focus on basic infrastructure first? Many district courts don't even have proper internet connectivity. AI is fancy, but we need to fix fundamentals too.
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Aditi M
The multilingual support is brilliant! Finally, people who aren't fluent in English can access judgments in their mother tongue. This will make our legal system more inclusive. Kudos to SC and IIT Madras for this collaboration 👏
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Karan T
As a law student, I'm excited about SUPACE! Researching precedents manually takes hours. If AI can help identify relevant cases quickly, it will be a game-changer. Hope they make it available to all law colleges soon.
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Nisha Z
Good initiative but implementation is key. Remember the e-courts project? Many promises were made but ground reality is different. Hope this doesn't remain just a Delhi-centric project and reaches all district courts properly.

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