Supreme Court flags ‘alarming’ use of AI in drafting petitions, cites use of non-existent ‘Mercy vs Mankind’ case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 17, flagged the rising use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in drafting petitions. The discovery that AI was being used to draft petitions was made when the Supreme Court came across certain mentions of cases that were either non-existent or were quoted incorrectly.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and BV Nagarathna mentioned during a hearing that some lawyers had started using AI for drafting, Bar and Bench reported.