New Delhi:
Supreme Court Judge Justice Bra Gawai, next time to be CJI, has sensationalized the circulation of the edited hearing clip on social media for legal proceedings and said that the judiciary may have to prepare guidelines on live-streaming of courts.
Speaking at an event in Kenya, Justice Gavai said, the clip of court proceedings was edited without reference and shared on social media platforms.
He was speaking: To take advantage of technology within the judiciary.
“I will expose another concern from Indian experience. A small clip is often broadcast on social media from the court hearing, sometimes that sensationalizes the proceedings in such a way that these clips, when out of the context, may have misinformation, misinterpretation of judicial discussions and incorrect reporting.” He told several material creators, including YouTubers, the shorter parts of the hearing were re -uploaded as their contents, raising concerns over the ownership of intellectual property rights and judicial recording.
Justice Gavai said, “Unauthorized use and potential mudification of such materials blur the lines between public access and moral broadcasts.”
The judge said that the management of such challenges was an emerging issue for the judiciary and the courts may have to establish guidelines on the use of live-stream proceedings.
He said that it would be important in removing these moral concerns between transparency, public awareness, and responsible use of court materials.
The judge said that technology has greatly improved judicial proceedings, it has also given rise to many moral concerns.
Courts around the world, Justice Gawai said, “There is a fast integrated technology to improve efficiency, increase decision -making and increase access to justice.”
“Increasing dependence on technology in the judiciary has long emerged as a response to institutional challenges, such as case backlogs and procedural disabilities, while also working as a means to strengthen and modernize the existing systems for better functionality. Changing various aspects of artificial intelligence,” he said.
The judge underlined the important risks around the use of AI in legal research, referring to examples, where chats generated “fake case quotes and fabricated legal facts”.
He said, “While AI can process a large amount of legal data and provide a quick summary, it lacks the ability to verify sources with human-level discretion. Due to this, there are situations where lawyers and researchers rely on AI-public information, citing non-existent matters or quoted the legal preceding consequences. The results were also being predicted, which triggers debate on its role in making judicial decision making.
“It raises fundamental questions about the nature of justice. Can a machine, lack of human emotions and moral logic, can actually understand the complications and nuances of legal disputes?” The judge asked.
Referring to human feelings of moral thoughts, sympathy and relevant understanding, he said that elements were beyond the reach of algorithms.
Integration of AI in the judiciary, therefore, should be contacted with caution, ensuring that the technology serves as a support rather than replacement of human decisions, said Justice Gawai.
The judge said that technology had changed the traditional paper-based records with a digital system to revolutionize the case management that allows real-time tracking of cases, automated schedules of hearing, and uninterrupted documents.
“To allocate the court dates of the AI-Interacted Schedulies tool, balance the judges’ work and ensure the optimal use of court resources have been integrated into the case management system. Many courts worldwide have adopted automated case schedueling systems, which provide cases to judges and expertise.”
The Indian judiciary, he said, adopted hybrid video-conferencing for court proceedings, marked a significant change in the justice system and a significant change towards efficiency.
The judge said, “Lawyers of any part of the country can now log in and present their arguments to the courts, eliminate geographical obstacles and reduce the logical challenges related to in-tradition appearances.”
Justice Gawai said that traditionally, lawyers and lawsuits, especially to appear before the High Courts, to appear before the Supreme Court and the High Courts, often made a widespread visit on great expenses.
“This is an important challenge for those living in remote areas, small cities, or economically weaker sections. With video-conferencing advocates can now present their matters from anywhere in the country, ensuring that quality legal representation is not limited to those who can take the risk of traveling to the capital cities,” he said.
Justice Gavai said that this change particularly separated junior lawyers from the people practicing in the subordinate judiciary.
According to the judge, the Supreme Court, which started live-streaming of constitutional matters, has made a major jump towards ensuring widespread access to increase access and translation of decisions in judicial courtesy and translation of decisions in other regional languages.
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