Supreme Court moves to ringfence justice from AI risks

In a move that could define the constitutional boundaries between technological assistance and judicial decision-making, the Supreme Court has proposed an AI regulatory framework to prohibit the use of AI in areas like adjudication, bail and sentencing while promoting its adoption for court administration and efficiency.

The draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026, released by the Supreme Court’s AI Committee for public consultation, is one of the first such regulatory decisions that creates a formal governance architecture for AI deployment across the judiciary, while considering that technology does not become a substitute for judicial reasoning.