Supreme Court Flags 'Dangerous Trend' of AI-Generated Legal Drafts

• The Supreme Court expressed serious concern over the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in drafting petitions, calling it a 'dangerous trend'.
• CJI Suryakant noted that lawyers are using AI tools, leading to the citation of non-existent judgments and precedents.
• Justice B.V. Nagarathna highlighted a case where 'Mercy v. Mankind' was cited, but no such case exists.
• The court also found instances where real Supreme Court cases were cited, but the mentioned paragraphs or conclusions were absent from actual judgments.
• The Supreme Court emphasized that AI-generated drafts without factual verification can mislead the judicial process and undermine justice credibility, warning of serious professional lapses for negligence.