Kerala High Court to initiate AI system for generating case files based on litigants’ voice recordings

Kerala High Court to initiate AI system for generating case files based on litigants’ voice recordings

It is the first in the country to adopt such a procedure

The Kerala High Court will soon be launching an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to generate case files based on voice recordings of litigants.

It is one of the several IT initiatives launched at the Kerala High Court in the recent past. In November last, an AI tool SUVAS (Supreme Court Vidhik Anuvaad Software) was launched for translating judgments and orders of the district Courts from English to Malayalam and translating vernacular judgments and documents of district Courts into English.

Early this year, the Court published two of its judgments in Malayalam. It was then revealed that the Court and district Courts had employed Anuvadini, an AI tool, developed by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) of the Ministry of Education, to translate judgments of the High Court and district Courts to Malayalam.

Utilizing the tool, over 317 High Court judgments and over 5,136 district Court judgments have been translated from English to Malayalam and uploaded on the websites of the respective Courts.

This initiative was carried out under the leadership and guidance of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque (chairman of the Computerization Committee), Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V, and Justice Kauser Edappagath (members of the Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Legal Translation Advisory Committee).

Through a press release, it was stated that there was a proposal to share translated versions of the judgments with the Legal Service Authority for imparting legal education and awareness to various government departments and other stakeholders, including litigants.

Recently, the High Court also introduced machine/automated scrutiny of bail applications. This checks the defects before the plea is listed for a hearing in the Court.