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Manufacturing justice: On the top court, AI use observations

The use of AI-fabricated judicial ‘precedents (मिसाल, नज़ीर)’ amounts to criminal misconduct (दुराचार, कदाचार)

But for its serious implications (निहितार्थ, परिणाम), a judge relying on (भरोसा करना, निर्भर होना) Artificial Intelligence (AI) hallucinations to arrive at (निष्कर्ष पर पहुँचना, निर्णय पर पहुँचना) a judicial determination (निर्णय) would have been comical (हास्यास्पद). Given (को देखते हुए, ध्यान में रखते हुए) the serious miscarriage of justice (न्याय में विफलता) that such hallucinations can lead to (cause or produce a particular situation or result; cause, result in, bring about, give rise to), if used in the judicial processes, the Supreme Court of India has likened (तुलना करना, समान ठहराना) it to methyl isocyanate (a highly toxic chemical compound heavily used in pesticide production; toxic gas, hazardous substance), the poisonous gas that led to the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984 (one of the world’s worst industrial disasters, caused by the leakage of highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in December 1984, killing thousands of people and injuring hundreds of thousands) — “invisible (अदृश्य, दिखाई न देने वाला), insidious (कपटी), and catastrophic (विनाशकारी, भीषण) by the time anyone notices”. The Court made these observations (टिप्पणी, कथन) while setting aside the orders of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) (a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies) and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) (an appellate tribunal established to hear appeals against the orders of the NCLT) in an insolvency (the state of being unable to pay the debts owed; bankruptcy, financial ruin, liquidation, default) case after finding that the NCLT had relied on fictitious (not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated; fake, false, imaginary, made-up) AI-generated legal citations (reference, quotation, mention, precedent), a lapse (a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement; failure, error, mistake, blunder) overlooked (fail to notice something; miss, ignore, neglect, disregard) by the appellate (concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed; appealing, reviewing, higher-level, judicial) tribunal (court, board, panel, forum). This is the latest in a series of interventions (involvement, intercession, mediation, interference) by the Court this year, cautioning against the use of AI-generated fictitious judicial precedents in court proceedings (legal action, lawsuit, hearing, trial). Through its rulings (verdict, decision, judgement, decree) and oral (spoken, verbal, unwritten, vocal) observations, the Court has consistently (always, regularly, invariably, constantly) adopted (embrace, take on, accept, implement) a strict (stringent, rigorous, firm, uncompromising) and cautionary (warning, preventive, deterrent, premonitory) approach to the deployment (the action of bringing resources into effective action; utilization, implementation, application, execution) of AI in the justice delivery system. On February 27, the same Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe took cognisance of a trial court (a court of law where cases are tried in the first place; lower court, primary court, judicial body, hearing court) relying on AI-generated fictitious case laws and underlined that it was not merely “an error in decision-making” but amounted to judicial “misconduct”.

The Court has made clear that AI may serve as (function as, act as, work as, operate as) an assistive (helpful, supportive, aiding, auxiliary) tool to improve efficiency, but it can never replace independent (free from external control, influence, or dependence; autonomous, unbiased, impartial, self-governing) human reasoning (critical thinking, logic, rationale, intellect), judicial discretion (choice, judgment, option, volition) or professional accountability (responsibility, liability, answerability, culpability). In AI, humanity (the human race or human beings collectively; humankind, people, mankind, society) is encountering (face, experience, confront, meet) what many experts fear might well be an existential (concerned with existence, especially with human existence or the survival of something) question. AI disruption (disturbance, interruption, disorder, upheaval) is a known unknown (a risk, condition, or situation that is recognized to exist but whose full extent or consequences are not completely understood; recognized uncertainty, identified risk, predictable unpredictability) — everyone knows that it is happening but nobody quite (completely, fully, entirely, totally) knows its extent (scale, scope, magnitude, degree) or implications. There is, however (foolishness, ignorance, dullness, senselessness), enough evidence of a combination of human stupidity and deliberate (intentional, calculated, conscious, purposeful) design (intention, intent, plan, objective) leading to dangerous social outcomes (result, consequence, aftermath, effect) being derived from AI. Human oversight (supervision, surveillance, management, administration) is the essential counter (antidote, remedy, answer, deterrent) to these dangers. The Court has said that presenting fabricated (invented or produced in order to deceive; fake, forged, counterfeit, manufactured), machine-generated (automated, artificial, computer-generated, synthetic) judgments to a court constitutes (amount to, form, make up, compose) professional misconduct for advocates and a serious lapse of duty for judges; and any judgment influenced (affect, impact, sway, alter) by an iota (an extremely small amount; bit, spec, trace, scrap) of fake or hallucinated (generated seemingly plausible but completely false or invented information; completely fabricated, invented, imaginary, false) AI material is “no decision in the eyes of (in the view of or in the opinion of; from the perspective of, according to, in the judgment of, in the standpoint of) law”. The draft ‘Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026’ prohibits (forbid, ban, outlaw, restrict) AI in the making of (in the process of creating or deciding something; in the creation of, during the formation of, in the formulation of, in producing) judicial outcomes such as (for example; like, namely, to illustrate, typically) the function of adjudication (the formal judgment or decision on a disputed matter; judgment, decision, ruling, settlement), sentencing (the act of declaring the punishment decided for an offender; punishing, penalizing, judgment, condemnation), or deciding bail (the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial) eligibility and evaluating the credibility (reliability, trustworthiness, integrity, validity) of parties or witnesses. Even as (at the very same time as; while, whilst, just as, concurrently) the draft is open (accessible, available, unrestricted, public) for public consultation (public review, open discussion, community feedback, public debate), the Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) (a statutory body created by Parliament to regulate and represent the Indian bar, establishing standards for legal practice and education; lawyers’ council) to set up (establish or create something; establish, initiate, form, institute) a dedicated (specialized, specific, designated, assigned) committee (panel, board, council, commission) to formulate (create or prepare methodically; devise, conceive, develop, frame) strict norms (standard, rule, guideline, convention) and define disciplinary (concerning or enforcing discipline; corrective, punitive, penal, strict) actions for lawyers who cite (refer to, mention, adduce) unverified (not checked or proved to be true or authentic; unconfirmed, unproven, unsubstantiated, unchecked) AI material. Justice must be done and seen; not hallucinated.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.manufacture (verb)

Hindi Meaning - निर्माण करना, उत्पादन करना
English Meaning - to produce or create something, often in a mechanical way; make, produce, create, fabricate, think up.

2.precedent (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मिसाल, नज़ीर
English Meaning - a previous action, situation, or decision that can be used as a reason or example for a similar action or decision at a later time; model, exemplar, standard, yardstick.

3.misconduct (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दुराचार, कदाचार
English Meaning - wrongdoing, unprofessionalism, malpractice, transgression.

4.implication (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निहितार्थ, परिणाम
English Meaning - consequence, result, ramification, repercussion.

5.rely on (verb)

Hindi Meaning - भरोसा करना, निर्भर होना
English Meaning - depend on, lean on, count on, bank on, hinge on.

6.arrive at (verb)

Hindi Meaning - निष्कर्ष पर पहुँचना, निर्णय पर पहुँचना
English Meaning - reach a decision, conclusion, or judgment; reach, achieve, attain, accomplish.

7.determination (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निर्णय
English Meaning - decision, resolution, settlement, ruling.

8.comical (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - हास्यास्पद
English Meaning - funny, humorous, hilarious, ridiculous.

9.given (preposition)

Hindi Meaning - को देखते हुए, ध्यान में रखते हुए
English Meaning - taking into account, considering; bearing in mind, in view of, keeping in mind, noting.

10.miscarriage of justice (noun)

Hindi Meaning - न्याय में विफलता
English Meaning - injustice, wrongful conviction, judicial failure, inequity.

11.liken (verb)

Hindi Meaning - तुलना करना, समान ठहराना
English Meaning - compare, equate, match, parallel.

12.invisible (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - अदृश्य, दिखाई न देने वाला
English Meaning - unseen, imperceptible, undetectable, unnoticeable.

13.insidious (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - कपटी
English Meaning - tricky, subtle, deceptive, dishonest, indirect (with very harmful effects); stealthy, underhand, evasive, misleading.

14.catastrophic (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - विनाशकारी, भीषण
English Meaning - destructive, ruinous, disastrous, calamitous; devastating, fatal, tragic, terrible.

15.observation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - टिप्पणी, कथन
English Meaning - remark, comment, statement, pronouncement.

16.lead to (verb)

English Meaning - cause or produce a particular situation or result; cause, result in, bring about, give rise to.

17.AI-fabricated (adjective)

English Meaning - artificially created, invented, or manufactured using artificial intelligence; AI-generated, synthetic, fake, artificial.

18.amount to (verb)

English Meaning - be regarded as, be equivalent to, be tantamount to; represent, signify, mean, denote.

19.miscarriage (noun)

English Meaning - failure, error, mistake, breakdown.

20.methyl isocyanate (noun)

English Meaning - a highly toxic chemical compound heavily used in pesticide production; toxic gas, hazardous substance.

21.Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984 (noun)

English Meaning - one of the world’s worst industrial disasters, caused by the leakage of highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in December 1984, killing thousands of people and injuring hundreds of thousands.

22.set aside (verb)

English Meaning - to officially reject or annul a legal decision; overrule, overturn, reverse, annul.

23.National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) (organization)

English Meaning - a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies.

24.National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) (organization)

English Meaning - an appellate tribunal established to hear appeals against the orders of the NCLT.

25.insolvency (noun)

English Meaning - the state of being unable to pay the debts owed; bankruptcy, financial ruin, liquidation, default.

26.fictitious (adjective)

English Meaning - not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated; fake, false, imaginary, made-up.

27.citation (noun)

English Meaning - reference, quotation, mention, precedent.

28.lapse (noun)

English Meaning - a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement; failure, error, mistake, blunder.

29.overlook (verb)

English Meaning - fail to notice something; miss, ignore, neglect, disregard.

30.appellate (adjective)

English Meaning - concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed; appealing, reviewing, higher-level, judicial.

31.tribunal (noun)

English Meaning - court, board, panel, forum.

32.intervention (noun)

English Meaning - involvement, intercession, mediation, interference.

33.proceedings (noun)

English Meaning - legal action, lawsuit, hearing, trial.

34.ruling (noun)

English Meaning - verdict, decision, judgement, decree.

35.oral (adjective)

English Meaning - spoken, verbal, unwritten, vocal.

36.consistently (adverb)

English Meaning - always, regularly, invariably, constantly.

37.adopt (verb)

English Meaning - embrace, take on, accept, implement.

38.strict (adjective)

English Meaning - stringent, rigorous, firm, uncompromising.

39.cautionary (adjective)

English Meaning - warning, preventive, deterrent, premonitory.

40.deployment (noun)

English Meaning - the action of bringing resources into effective action; utilization, implementation, application, execution.

41.the Bench (noun)

English Meaning - a judge or a panel of judges presiding over a court of law; tribunal, panel of judges, judicial body.

42.Division Bench (noun)

English Meaning - a bench of a High Court or the Supreme Court consisting of two judges who hear appeals and decide on important cases; two-judge panel.

43.Constitutional Bench (noun)

English Meaning - a bench of the Supreme Court of India consisting of five or more judges, constituted to decide matters involving a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution.

44.take cognisance of (phrase)

English Meaning - notice, attend to, or take account of something officially; acknowledge, recognize, observe, perceive.

45.trial court (noun)

English Meaning - a court of law where cases are tried in the first place; lower court, primary court, judicial body, hearing court.

46.make clear (verb)

English Meaning - clarify, explain, elucidate, spell out.

47.serve as (verb)

English Meaning - function as, act as, work as, operate as.

48.assistive (adjective)

English Meaning - helpful, supportive, aiding, auxiliary.

49.independent (adjective)

English Meaning - free from external control, influence, or dependence; autonomous, unbiased, impartial, self-governing.

50.human reasoning (noun)

English Meaning - critical thinking, logic, rationale, intellect.

51.discretion (noun)

English Meaning - choice, judgment, option, volition.

52.accountability (noun)

English Meaning - responsibility, liability, answerability, culpability.

53.humanity (noun)

English Meaning - the human race or human beings collectively; humankind, people, mankind, society.

54.encounter (verb)

English Meaning - face, experience, confront, meet.

55.existential (adjective)

English Meaning - concerned with existence, especially with human existence or the survival of something.

56.disruption (noun)

English Meaning - disturbance, interruption, disorder, upheaval.

57.known unknown (noun)

English Meaning - a risk, condition, or situation that is recognized to exist but whose full extent or consequences are not completely understood; recognized uncertainty, identified risk, predictable unpredictability.

58.quite (adverb)

English Meaning - completely, fully, entirely, totally.

59.extent (noun)

English Meaning - scale, scope, magnitude, degree.

60.however (adverb)

English Meaning - nevertheless, nonetheless, yet, though.

61.stupidity (noun)

English Meaning - foolishness, ignorance, dullness, senselessness.

62.deliberate (adjective)

English Meaning - intentional, calculated, conscious, purposeful.

63.design (noun)

English Meaning - intention, intent, plan, objective.

64.outcome (noun)

English Meaning - result, consequence, aftermath, effect.

65.derive from (verb)

English Meaning - obtain something from a specified source; stem from, originate from, spring from, arise from.

66.oversight (noun)

English Meaning - supervision, surveillance, management, administration.

67.counter (noun)

English Meaning - antidote, remedy, answer, deterrent.

68.fabricated (adjective)

English Meaning - invented or produced in order to deceive; fake, forged, counterfeit, manufactured.

69.machine-generated (adjective)

English Meaning - automated, artificial, computer-generated, synthetic.

70.constitute (verb)

English Meaning - amount to, form, make up, compose.

71.influence (verb)

English Meaning - affect, impact, sway, alter.

72.iota (noun)

English Meaning - an extremely small amount; bit, spec, trace, scrap.

73.hallucinated (adjective)

English Meaning - generated seemingly plausible but completely false or invented information; completely fabricated, invented, imaginary, false.

74.in the eyes of (phrase)

English Meaning - in the view of or in the opinion of; from the perspective of, according to, in the judgment of, in the standpoint of.

75.Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 (act)

English Meaning - a draft regulatory framework aimed at governing and restricting the use of Artificial Intelligence within judicial and legal proceedings in India.

76.prohibit (verb)

English Meaning - forbid, ban, outlaw, restrict.

77.in the making of (phrase)

English Meaning - in the process of creating or deciding something; in the creation of, during the formation of, in the formulation of, in producing.

78.such as (phrase)

English Meaning - for example; like, namely, to illustrate, typically.

79.adjudication (noun)

English Meaning - the formal judgment or decision on a disputed matter; judgment, decision, ruling, settlement.

80.sentencing (noun)

English Meaning - the act of declaring the punishment decided for an offender; punishing, penalizing, judgment, condemnation.

81.bail (noun)

English Meaning - the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial.

82.credibility (noun)

English Meaning - reliability, trustworthiness, integrity, validity.

83.even as (phrase)

English Meaning - at the very same time as; while, whilst, just as, concurrently.

84.open (adjective)

English Meaning - accessible, available, unrestricted, public.

85.public consultation (noun)

English Meaning - public review, open discussion, community feedback, public debate.

86.Bar Council of India (BCI) (organization)

English Meaning - a statutory body created by Parliament to regulate and represent the Indian bar, establishing standards for legal practice and education; lawyers’ council.

87.set up (verb)

English Meaning - establish or create something; establish, initiate, form, institute.

88.dedicated (adjective)

English Meaning - specialized, specific, designated, assigned.

89.committee (noun)

English Meaning - panel, board, council, commission.

90.formulate (verb)

English Meaning - create or prepare methodically; devise, conceive, develop, frame.

91.norm (noun)

English Meaning - standard, rule, guideline, convention.

92.disciplinary (adjective)

English Meaning - concerning or enforcing discipline; corrective, punitive, penal, strict.

93.cite (verb)

English Meaning - refer to, mention, adduce.

94.unverified (adjective)

English Meaning - not checked or proved to be true or authentic; unconfirmed, unproven, unsubstantiated, unchecked.