Lok Sabha Question No. 2159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Artificial Intelligence in Judiciary
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Dr. Kirsan Namdeo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2159 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 01 st  AUGUST, 2025

## ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN JUDICIARY

## 2159. Dr. Kirsan Namdeo:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken appropriate measures to evaluate the effectiveness of AI tools in legal research and translation, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of training provided to judicial staff regarding the use of AI technologies;
- (c) the manner in which the Government plans to address concerns regarding data privacy in relation to AI usage;
- (d) whether there is any tool or application for recording the day to day proceedings of courts; and
- (e) if so, the scope and effectiveness of said tool or application?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE;  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) to (e): As per the information provided by the Supreme Court of India, under e-Courts Project Phase III, an attempt is being made to integrate modern technologies for smoother user experience. To create an efficient and futuristic system, the latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence  (Al)  and  its  subsets  Machine  Learning  (ML),  Optical  Character  Recognition (OCR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), etc., are being used in the e-Courts software applications. Al is being used in areas such as translation, prediction and forecast, improving administrative efficiency, Natural Language Processing (NLP), automated filing, intelligent scheduling,  enhancing  the  case  information  system  and  communicating  with  the  litigants through chatbots.

The AI Translation Committees of the High Courts are monitoring the entire work relating to translation  of  the  Supreme  Court  and  High  Court  Judgments  into  vernacular  languages. Digital  legal  platforms  such  as  e-HCR/e-ILR  provide  online  access  to  judgments  in  the various  vernacular  languages.  The  Supreme  Court  judgments  are  available  on  the  e-SCR portal: (https://judgments.ecourts.gov.in/pdfsearch/index.php).

The details of the training programs conducted by the eCommittee, SCI  covering various stakeholders, like, courts staff, advocates, Judges, etc., are available in the public domain at eCommittee, SCI web portal link: https://ecommitteesci.gov.in/documentcategory/training-and-awareness- programmes/.

A Sub-Committee consisting of six judges of the various High Courts, assisted by technical working group members consisting of domain experts was constituted by the Chairperson of the eCommittee of the Supreme Court of India to suggest/recommend secure connectivity and authentication mechanisms for data protection in order to preserve the right to privacy. The Sub-Committee is mandated to critically assess and examine the digital infrastructure, network and service delivery solutions created under the eCourts project for giving solutions for strengthening data security and for protecting the privacy of citizens.

The daily proceedings of each case is entered in Case Information System (CIS) and the litigant is made aware of the same from the eCourts service platforms like website and Mobile Applications.  Apart  from  this,  there  are  Model  Rules  in  place  for  Live-Streaming  and Recording of Court Proceedings. These are available at the following portal:

https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s388ef51f0bf911e452e8dbb1d807a81ab/uploads/2021/06/2022 091599.pdf.

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