Analyzing the Endeavours of the Supreme Court of India to Transcribe and Translate Court Arguments in Light of the Proposed EU AI Act

TL;DR

This paper evaluates the Indian Supreme Court's AI project for transcribing and translating court proceedings, highlighting its potential legal impact and aligning it with EU AI regulations to ensure responsible AI use.

Contribution

It analyzes the court's AI initiative in the context of current AI technology and regulation, proposing guidelines for safe and effective implementation.

Findings

The project has significant implications for rule of law in India.

It is classified as High Risk AI under EU regulations.

Guidelines are suggested for responsible AI deployment in judicial settings.

Abstract

The Supreme Court of India has been a pioneer in using ICT in courts through its e-Courts project in India. Yet another leap, its recent project, Design, Development, and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution, tools for transcribing arguments and Court proceedings at Supreme Court of India, has potential to impact the way AI algorithms are designed in India, and not just for this particular project. In this paper, we evaluate the endeavours of the Supreme Court of India in light of the state of AI technology as well as the attempts to regulate AI. We argue that since the project aims to transcribe and translate the proceedings of the constitutional benches of the Supreme Court, it has potential to impact rule of law in the country. Hence, we place this application in High Risk AI as per the provisions to the proposed EU AI Act. We provide some guidelines on the approach to transcribe and translate making the maximum use of AI in the Supreme Court of India without running into the dangers it may pose.