Introduction
On June 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of India's Artificial Intelligence Committee published for public consultation its draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026 (“Draft Regulations”). The document represents a comprehensive attempt by the Supreme Court to govern the deployment of AI within a domain as constitutionally sensitive as adjudication. The deadline for stakeholder submissions is kept as June 20, 2026.
India's judicial system processes hundreds of millions of cases across its Supreme Court (“SC”), twenty-five High Courts, and thousands of subordinate courts and tribunals. AI adoption in this ecosystem is not speculative. Various tools for transcription, cause-list management and legal research are already in operational use. The Draft Regulations therefore are a regulatory response to a deployment already underway.