Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Reform the Indian Judiciary: A Step Towards Smart Justice

Abstract

The paper attempts to contribute to the research pertaining to the use of artificial intelligence in the Indian judiciary. The research aims to discuss the use of artificial intelligence in the judicial system. The paper first discusses the issue of master of roaster followed by the courts for allocation of cases among the judges. The article highlights the inherent problems in this approach and how the artificial intelligence could replace the current practice. The probable advantages of using artificial intelligence includes the reduction in the work load of the judges, allocation of the cases to the judges based on their specialization etc. Similarly, the transfer policy of the judicial members which again is opaque has been discussed with the role of artificial intelligence at the centre. The paper then attempts to dissect the question of elevation of judges in the high court and the supreme court which is often marred in controversy. Such elevation often lacks transparency for closed door meetings and the lack of diversity. This diversity which is lacked is of caste, gender, region etc. The researcher argues that the artificial intelligence might be useful here to clear any kind of misconceptions associated to the gender. It is argued that artificial intelligence can be extremely useful to the judges in terms of elimination of the repetitive work, applying the appropriate legal reasoning to the case laws, identifying the case laws which are relevant to the case etc. The opposition of the artificial intelligence on certain grounds such as confidentiality, artificial intelligence as the substitute of the judges etc. The entire study has been summed up with a suitable conclusion.