The Supreme Court AI Committee has released draft regulations that bar the use of artificial intelligence for determining judicial outcomes or profiling witnesses and parties in court cases.
The preliminary draft titled Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 was made public on June 3. It requires that AI systems operate only in an assistive role strictly under human judicial authority and prohibits opaque or unexplainable AI in any court process. The rules allow AI for administrative tasks such as case management and transcription but ban its use for risk scoring, bail eligibility assessments, or predicting recidivism. They also require compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and mandate safeguards against bias based on race, religion, caste, or other prohibited grounds. A committee chaired by Justice P.S. Narasimha has invited public comments until June 20. The draft further proposes an apex body at the Supreme Court to oversee AI adoption in the judiciary.
