India's Top Court Angry After Junior Judge Cites Fake AI-Generated Orders
Source: Slashdot
Supreme Court Reaction
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: India’s Supreme Court has threatened legal consequences after a judge was found to have adjudicated on a property dispute using fake judgments generated by artificial intelligence. The top court, responding to an appeal by the defendants, will now examine the ruling given by the lower court in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The Supreme Court called the case a matter of “institutional concern” and said fake AI‑generated judgments had “a direct bearing on integrity of adjudicatory process.”
The court came down sternly against the fake judgments, staying the lower court’s order on the property dispute. It said the use of AI while making judgments was not simply “an error in decision making” but an act of “misconduct.”
“This case assumes considerable institutional concern, not because of the decision that was taken on the merits of the case, but about the process of adjudication and determination,” the top court said.
The court will examine the case in more detail and has issued notices to the country’s Attorney and Solicitor General, as well as the Bar Council of India.