Fake cases, fabricated quotes: Supreme Court raises alarm over AI-drafted pleas
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The Supreme Court's observations come amid broader judicial concerns about the growing influence of AI in legal practice. Courts across the country have recently encountered pleadings that referred to fabricated cases.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern over what it described as an “alarming” trend of lawyers relying on artificial intelligence (AI) tools to draft petitions, after instances surfaced where non-existent judgments and fabricated quotations were cited in court filings.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice BV Nagarathna said it was increasingly coming across pleadings that appeared to have been generated using AI tools without proper verification, the Bar and Bench reported.
“We have been alarmingly told that some lawyers have started using AI for drafting,” CJI Surya Kant observed during the hearing.
Justice BV Nagarathna recalled a recent instance where a completely fictitious case was cited before the Court.
“There was a case of Mercy vs Mankind which does not exist,” she was quoted as saying by Bar and Bench.
CJI Surya Kant pointed out that this was not an isolated case. Referring to proceedings before Justice Dipankar Datta, he said similar issues had come up there as well.
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