New Delhi, May 5 -- The Delhi high court has stayed a trial court order directing Akasa Air to pay Rs.1.08 crore to a travel agent, after the airline raised concerns that the district court judge may have used artificial intelligence (AI) to draft the ruling. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain, in its April 30 ruling, observed that, prima facie, the manner in which the judgment was written suggested possible AI use, and said the issue would require closer examination before reaching any conclusion. The court directed that the verdict would remain stayed, subject to Akasa Air depositing Rs.20 lakh with the court's Registrar General by May 30. "The manner of drafting and the manner in which the text distinguishing the case laws is set out in the impugned judgement, prima facie, gives an impression that there is some AI software which may have been used for the same. However, at this stage, it cannot be conclusively said until further examination as to whether any AI software has been used by the District Judge and if so, whether the same judgment has been properly reviewed or not," it said. It said that if the trial court had indeed relied on non-existent propositions of law it would be a matter of concern....