Gandhinagar, September 13, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Artificial intelligence can assist the justice delivery system by analysing large volumes of judicial data and identifying patterns that may not be immediately visible to humans, but it cannot determine the outcome of an individual case, Supreme Court judge Justice N V Anjaria said on Saturday.
Justice Anjaria was speaking at the inauguration of the ‘India Digital ADR Summit-2026’ at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar. During the event, he also launched the ‘SAMYAK’ portal, a digital initiative of the university’s International Digital Dispute Resolution Centre (IDDRC).
“If AI is to be used on a large scale in arbitration or any judicial process, certain essential aspects have to be taken into consideration. AI can be part of the justice delivery system, but cannot be the decision-maker,” Justice Anjaria said.
He said AI could be particularly useful in examining what had happened across hundreds of cases and detecting patterns and trends that might otherwise escape human attention.
However, he drew a clear distinction between using technology as an analytical aid and allowing it to determine how a particular case should be decided.
Attorney General of India R Venkataramani, who also addressed the gathering, urged law students to develop an investigative and questioning approach.
“Doubt, refutation and verification are the foundations of science and students must cultivate the habits of questioning, challenging and verifying information,” he said.
Venkataramani also said NFSU had the potential to develop into a global centre of excellence, adding that its achievements in its early years would contribute to building its international reputation.
Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal congratulated the IDDRC on the launch of the SAMYAK portal and described it as a “unique initiative”.
She stressed the need for clear rules governing the use of artificial intelligence within legal institutions. Such rules, she said, should distinguish between tasks that can be assigned to AI and those that must remain within the exclusive domain of human judgment and discretion in dispute resolution.
The summit was attended by former Supreme Court judges M R Shah and Rajesh Bindal, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr K J Thaker, former Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Soniya Gokani and former Chief Justice Justice Dr A C Joshi.
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