Gujarat High Court bars AI from judicial decision-making and judgment drafting
Change
Gujarat High Court prohibited any use of artificial intelligence (AI) for substantive adjudicatory tasks, including composition of orders and judgments, bail and sentencing considerations, fact-finding, evidence classification, and even AI-authored drafts later reviewed by judges.
Why it matters
Judicial officers and court staff must independently verify and take personal responsibility for any AI-generated output, including checking citations against authoritative primary sources. Use of AI is confined to anonymised metadata-driven case allocation, verified legal research, and limited administrative automation; tasks that affect parties' rights or involve identification, evidence evaluation, or substantive reasoning are blocked.
Implications
- • Judges and magistrates must personally review, verify, and sign off on any AI-assisted material before filing or publishing it — failure to do so leaves them personally accountable for inaccuracies.
- • Court registrars and clerks must forbid entering names, addresses, pending case details, privileged communications, or other identifying information into AI tools and must enforce anonymisation for any AI-driven case allocation or research to avoid confidentiality breaches.
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