Senior judges of India, Britain and America on Monday expressed serious concern about the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence in courts. The judges gave a strict warning to the lawyers, saying that AI tools like ChatGPT should be used with utmost care and it is mandatory to verify every information from the original source. He warned that blindly trusting AI without verification would result in lawyers becoming ‘artificial lawyers’.
This discussion took place in a panel discussion organized on the Open Hand Monument during the India International Dispute Week 2026 in Chandigarh, in which apart from judges of Rajasthan High Court, Punjab and Haryana High Court, judges from Britain and America also participated.
Supreme Court preparing to make guidelines
Justice Arun Monga of Rajasthan High Court said that it is necessary to cross-check any content generated from AI with its original source. Giving a recent example, he said that a trial court judge had cited case law arising from AI in his order. Justice Monga said that the Supreme Court is in the process of preparing guidelines to control the judicial use of AI under Article 142 of the Constitution.
‘Some lawyers try to postpone the hearing’
Justice Vinod Bhardwaj of Punjab and Haryana High Court said that technology has provided many facilities in the judicial process, but the mistakes of AI are also creating new problems. Referring to an actual incident, he said that in a petition, the lawyer cited a case for which he had no answer when asked for citation. Later, court researchers also searched, but no such decision existed. Justice Bhardwaj said that in such a situation, the work of judges increases manifold, because they have to examine even those decisions which do not actually exist. He also said that some lawyers try to postpone the hearing of cases by misusing the hybrid court system.
‘Judicial decision will remain in the hands of humans only’
Justice Hakesh Manuja of Punjab and Haryana High Court said that the judicial process cannot be completely handed over to AI. He said that AI can definitely help the justice system, but the decision making process should remain in the hands of humans. Justice Manuja told that an AI tool is being run for the judges in Kerala High Court, which prepares the summary of the case file and arguments. This may give judges additional time to write judgments. However, he stressed that it is necessary to investigate such information also. He also said that AI training should be given not only to the youth but also to the judges.
British and American judges’ side
Britain’s First Tier Tribunal Judge Sukhi Gill said that many times lawyers have faced embarrassment due to AI generated material in courts. He said that the information received from AI must match the law and case law. He told that many unnecessary appeals are being stopped with the help of technology in Britain.
Judge Manpreet Monica Singh of Harris County Civil Court, Texas, USA, said that the digitization of case files in America started after 2018. He said that India’s help is taken for technology support in America. In America, the hearing of most of the cases is completed within one to one and a half years, but in India, the judges have very heavy case load.
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