Artificial Intelligence, the latest on technology scene has made way into country’s judicial system also. As per official records the Supreme Court has adopted the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) language technology in translation of judicial documents as well as in legal research and process automation etc. AI has also been deployed for transcribing oral arguments, particularly in Constitution Bench matters since February 2023.
For aiding and guiding the hitech initiative, a committee headed by Supreme Court Judge has also been constituted for monitoring translation of important Supreme Court and High Court judgments into vernacular languages.
Also the AI Translation Committees of High Courts have been vested with the task of monitoring translation of Supreme Court and High Court Judgments into vernacular language. Till now, a total of 8 High Courts have already started e-High Court Reports (e-HCR) while the remaining were in the process of launching e-HCR.
Official reports revealed, till August 5, 2024, a total of 36,271 Supreme Court Judgments had been translated in Hindi language while 17,142 Judgments of Supreme Court had been translated in other 16 regional languages, presently available on the e-SCR portal.
The AI Committees of High Courts have also approached respective State Governments to translate all Central and State Legislation, Rules, Regulations, etc. into regional language and upload it on the State website so as to help the common man read it in regional languages.
“A significant count of litigants are non-English speaking litigants. Once they come to Court, it becomes difficult for them to keep a track of cases as the orders as usual are written in English. In such a scenario AI has now made it possible to read the same in translated versions in their respective regional language, thereby providing litigants more clarity about the details and proceedings of their respective case,” said an officer engaged in the task.
