Zero tolerance for AI fakes: Supreme Court warns Bar, judges over citations

The Supreme Court on Thursday declared “zero tolerance” towards AI-generated “fake and hallucinated” judicial citations submitted in courts, asking the Bar Council of India (BCI) to curb the menace and initiate disciplinary action against advocates and others relying on such documents.

A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe set aside the concurrent judgments of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLAT) in a corporate dispute. The orders had relied on “AI-generated fake, hallucinated and non-existent judgments of the Supreme Court”.