'Don't just adapt but lead in determining use of technology to reshape legal system': CJI Surya Kant to NLUs
The CJI said that legal profession can no longer remain a late adopter of technology and rejected a prohibition of tools like generative AI in legal education.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant urged the national law universities to lead the determination of how technology should reshape the legal system, ensuring justice, fairness and human judgment remain paramount. In a speech at the Vice Chancellors Conclave 2.0 at National Law University Jodhpur, the CJI emphasized that the legal profession cannot be a late adopter of technology.
He rejected outright prohibitions on tools like generative AI in legal education, instead advocating for their responsible use within transparent and supervised frameworks to educate students about their capabilities and limitations. The CJI stressed that legal education must anticipate technological developments rather than merely adapt to them, urging law schools to shape the direction of technological evolution in service of law and its core values.
Collaboration among National Law Universities was called for, along with serious research on algorithmic accountability, data protection, digital access to justice, and the evolving relationship between technology and dispute resolution. The CJI stressed that innovation should make justice faster without compromising fairness.
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