Artificial intelligence is already entering the justice system. The question thus, is no longer whether courts will engage with AI, but how its use should be governed.

The Supreme Court of India’s Draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts, 2026 are an important and timely step towards building that governance framework. The Draft rightly places human primacy, transparency, accountability, data protection and judicial independence at its core.

The Cyril Shroff Centre for AI, Law and Regulation at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has submitted its comments on the Draft Regulations, focusing on how the proposed framework can be strengthened in practice.

Our recommendations address six key areas: the legal basis of the framework, meaningful human oversight, judicial data governance, public transparency and accountability, protection of core safeguards, and the sequencing of implementation alongside India’s data protection framework.

The objective is not to slow the responsible adoption of AI in courts. It is to help ensure that innovation in the justice system develops on a framework that is constitutionally secure, operationally coherent, accountable and enforceable.

Read the carousel for our key recommendations.
Full submission available: [here]