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The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) expressed sedate concerns implicit the increasing reliance connected Artificial Intelligence (AI) successful drafting ineligible petitions.
A Bench of the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, and Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Joymalya Bagchi said the “alarming” inclination had resulted successful the citing of non-existent oregon fictitious lawsuit laws successful petitions.
In December 2025, the Chief Justice said the tribunal was precise conscious of the risks emanating from the indiscriminate usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) successful ineligible work. The tribunal besides made it wide that the judiciary did not privation Artificial Intelligence to overpower the justness medication process.
At the time, the tribunal was proceeding a petition filed by Kartikeya Rawal highlighting the dangers of GenAI, which could make “hallucinations”, resulting successful fictitious judgments, probe material, and worse still, adjacent enactment to perpetuate bias.
On Tuesday (February 17, 2026), the Bench said the usage of AI for ineligible drafting was “absolutely uncalled for”. Justice Nagarathna recalled however a lawyer arguing earlier her Bench had precocious cited a non-existent lawsuit instrumentality titled ‘Mercy vs Mankind’.
The justice said definite petitions quoted from non-existent portions successful existent judgments. The Bench pointed retired that casual means to bash ineligible probe should not beryllium astatine the outgo of accuracy and truth.
The Bench referred to however a lawsuit earlier different apex tribunal Bench headed by Justice Dipankar Datta quoted judicial precedents which were non-existent.
