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India's top court steps in to signal tough stance on use of AI in court proceedings

By Freny Patel ( March 3, 2026, 00:15 GMT | Insight) -- India’s top court has drawn a red line on the use of artificial intelligence after lower courts relied on AI-generated “synthetic” judgments in their decision-making. Terming the practice “misconduct” rather than mere error, the Supreme Court of India halted the proceedings, issued notices to the country’s top legal authorities and appointed an amicus, signaling tougher accountability standards for AI use in judicial processes.With the integrity of the Indian judicial system potentially at stake, the country’s top court has taken formal cognizance of a trial court’s reliance on non-existent, artificial intelligence-generated “synthetic” judgments to decide a legal dispute....

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