CJI mulls AI-system to avoid undue delay in justice delivery

BENGALURU: Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde on Saturday saidthere is the possibility of developing a system of Artificial Intelligence for the courts with the purpose of ensuring that undue delay is prevented in delivery of justice.

Justice Bobde also pitched for pre-litigation mediation against the backdrop of large number of pending cases in courts, observing that it is the need of the hour. It was important for courts to ensure that there is no undue delay in delivery of justice, the CJI said, addressing the 19thbiennial state level conference of judicial officers, after inaugurating it here. We must employ every talent we have, every skill we possess to ensure that the justice is received within reasonable time. Delay in justice cannot be a reason for anybody to take law into their own hands.

"We have the possibility of developing Artificial Intelligence for the court system, only for the purpose of ensuring that undue delay is prevented in the delivery of justice," he said.

However, the CJI made it clear that AI would never replace the judges. "I must make it clear at the outset, as there are times when even judges have asked this question. The AI is not going to replace human judges. It is not going to replace human discretion.

It is only the repetitive, mathematical and mechanical parts of the judgments for which help can be taken from the system...we are exploring the possibility of implementing it."

The conference on ‘Judicial Process Re-engineering and Judicial Skill Building’ was attended by CM BS Yediyurappa.