0.1 Why Indian courts are turning to AI

0.1.1 Indian courts face heavy pendency, slow documentation, language barriers, and delays in preparing records of hearings.
0.1.2 Manual transcription of oral arguments, witness statements, and judgments often causes errors and consumes weeks.
0.1.3 AI tools are being introduced to reduce workload, speed up processes, and improve accuracy without replacing judges.

0.2 TERES: Real-time transcription of court proceedings

0.2.1 TERES (Technology Enabled Resolution) converts spoken arguments during hearings into written text in real time.
0.2.2 This helps overcome the long-standing problem of recording fast-paced hearings accurately.
0.2.3 Human reviewers continuously check and correct AI output to prevent legal errors.
0.2.4 TERES is used in constitutional bench hearings and dispute resolution proceedings, including outside India.

0.3 Adalat AI: Case management and document scrutiny

0.3.1 Adalat AI helps judges and lawyers manage case files, pleadings, annexures, and timelines on a single interface.
0.3.2 It flags missing documents, incorrect annexures, and filing-stage errors that usually delay cases.
0.3.3 This reduces time spent searching files and correcting procedural mistakes.
0.3.4 In Kerala alone, tens of thousands of cases have been screened using this system.

0.4 Addressing language and translation barriers

0.4.1 Courts often deal with witnesses and litigants speaking regional languages, delaying cross-examination records.
0.4.2 AI tools trained in courtroom language help convert regional speech into structured legal text.
0.4.3 This significantly cuts time lost in manual translation and re-writing of testimonies.

0.5 SUVAS: Translating judgments into regional languages

0.5.1 SUVAS (Supreme Court Vidhik Anuvaad Software) translates judgments and orders into multiple Indian languages.
0.5.2 This improves access to justice for litigants who do not understand English.
0.5.3 Thousands of Supreme Court judgments have already been translated into vernacular languages.

0.6 Safeguards: Accuracy, privacy, and human oversight

0.6.1 AI systems are deployed within sovereign infrastructure without third-party access.
0.6.2 No document or data is accessed without explicit authorisation.
0.6.3 Judges and court staff remain final decision-makers; AI only assists, not replaces, them.
0.6.4 Human verification remains essential because even minor errors can have serious legal consequences.