AI Impact Summit: Supreme Court says advocates can appear through video conferencing from February 16-20

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The Supreme Court has permitted lawyers to look done video conferencing earlier it from February 16 to February 20 if they look trouble successful appearing successful idiosyncratic owed to anticipated postulation congestion during the "AI Impact Summit" scheduled to beryllium held astatine adjacent Bharat Mandapam.

Taking enactment of a petition made by Supreme Court Bar Association, the Supreme Court issued a circular successful this regard.

"In presumption of the practice received from Supreme Court Bar Association, it is hereby informed that connected relationship of anticipated postulation congestion astir the precincts of Supreme Court of India during the 'AI Impact Summit' scheduled to beryllium held astatine Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi during the play from February 16, 2026, to February 20, 2026, advocates may, during the supra play look done video conferencing earlier the hon'ble tribunal if they look trouble successful appearing earlier courts successful person.

"To facilitate quality done video conferencing, applicable video conferencing nexus shall beryllium shared with the Advocates-on-Record," the circular said.

The apex tribunal clarified that quality done video conferencing shall beryllium optional and each the Benches shall relation successful hybrid mode during the supra period.

More than 10,000 constabulary unit volition beryllium deployed successful the nationalist superior to guarantee robust information portion the India-AI Impact Summit goes nether mode from February 16 to 20.

The five-day lawsuit volition instrumentality spot astatine Bharat Mandapam and is expected to gully thousands of delegates from implicit 30 countries.

Published - February 14, 2026 04:54 p.m. IST

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