AI in Judiciary

The Judiciary being one of the three pillars of the democracy, has a huge burden upon it to deliver timely justice. In a developing country like India, there is a huge scope for improvement. Standardization and well defined tasks will make the Judicial system cope up with ever increasing number of disputes which are brought before the Adjudicating Authorities.

To cope up with this rising demand we have new-age technology. Artificial Intelligence has lots of use cases inside the judicial system. Right from record keeping to stage wise progress of cases. And from electronic authentication and transfer of documents to execution of orders, there is a lot to be deployed in terms of technology. Tech especially when combined with the legal system, becomes a huge asset for the country, thus making the system more transparent and accessible to the masses. 

Adoption of Artificial intelligence is increasing. The justice system must equip itself to go hand in hand with tech developments. Data recording and data management is a huge task, which if not properly planned can lead to unfruitful results. Data management is also linked to speedy justice. Tech equipment like camera, GPS, sensors, etc combined with Artificial Intelligence and machine learning are the need of the hour for this country to develop a robust legal system.

With the advent of Web 3.0 & metaverse, there is an increase in demand of digital assets and digital space. In fact real world assets are being tokenised as digital assets, which is an incredible development in the field of Artificial Intelligence. This space is transforming at a rapid pace. Accuracy, speed & transparency of legal proceedings is required, which can be achieved with the help of Artificial Intelligence. Smart contracts are emerging, soon commercial application on huge scale will follow. And our judicial system has to start to evolve for this adoption.

We are familiar with the shortcomings of our judicial system. This is apparent from the delayed justice, which is often based on delayed reporting, delayed investigations, sub-par efforts by enforcement agencies, unavailability of documents, etc.  In this age of IT we must be able to pull information easily whenever we want it. And Courts certainly lack this power.  One pivotal aspect is the interoperability of data centers, which is totally missing as of now. The Courts and enforcement agencies have to rely on centralized agencies for the desired data. This creates a huge gap in timely justice rendering. The data is vulnerable to modification and the system is lethargic in rendering the desired info. For this to happen, short-term, mid-term & long-term usage of AI in the Legal system has to be determined.

This is a huge topic for discussion. Implementation must follow. This surely needs a lot of thinking and planning. Brainstorming ideas should start right now.