Overview
Overview of incidents in which non-existent or misquoted authorities surfaced in Indian orders and filings, and how courts and the Bar have responded
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India, High Courts and tribunals (overview)
Sep 2, 2026
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Supreme Court sets aside NCLT and NCLAT insolvency rulings built on hallucinated precedents and declares "zero tolerance" for unverified AI citations
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India
Jul 2, 2026
Decided
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Rules & Regulations
The Supreme Court's AI Committee proposes a national framework for AI in courts: human primacy, banned uses, disclosure by litigants, audits and an Apex Body
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India (AI Committee)
Jun 3, 2026
Draft
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
Gujarat High Court bars AI from adjudication and drafting of orders, fixes personal liability on signatories, and later enforces AI norms on State tax officers
IN-GJ Gujarat
· High Court of Gujarat
Apr 2026
In force
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Supreme Court inquiry into a trial court that relied on four AI-generated, non-existent judgments; declares such reliance "misconduct"
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India
Feb 27, 2026
Pending
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Delhi High Court petition withdrawn on 25 September 2025 after respondents showed that precedents and quotations cited for the petitioner did not exist
IN-DL Delhi
· High Court of Delhi
Sep 25, 2025
Disposed of
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Guideline, Advisory or Order
Reported as India's first High Court AI policy for judges: no AI for findings or judgments, no cloud chatbots, audit logs and mandatory training
IN-KL Kerala
· High Court of Kerala
Jul 19, 2025
In force
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
A Rs 669 crore tax appeal in which an ITAT Bengaluru order of December 2024 cited authorities that could not be found, was recalled, and was redecided in 2026
IN-KA Karnataka
· Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bengaluru Bench (with the High Court…
Dec 30, 2024
Decided
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
Delhi High Court holds that ChatGPT output "cannot be the basis of adjudication of legal or factual issues" in a RED SOLE trademark suit
IN-DL Delhi
· High Court of Delhi
Aug 22, 2023
Decided
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Court Ruling
A High Court bail order that quoted ChatGPT's answer on cruelty; bail was refused on the facts and the AI passage was expressly not relied on
IN-CH Chandigarh
· High Court of Punjab and Haryana
Mar 27, 2023
Decided
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
Union Cabinet-approved Rs 7,210 crore programme to build digital, paperless courts, with AI, OCR and blockchain among its enabling technologies
IN India (Union)
· Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice (with the…
2023
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026
Initiative or Incentive
The tools the Supreme Court uses or is building (SUPACE, SUVAS, transcription, listing, pendency tracking) and the AI Committee that now governs them
IN India (Union)
· Supreme Court of India (AI Committee and e-Committee)
Apr 6, 2021
Ongoing
Status checked Oct 15, 2026