New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 17, flagged the rising use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in drafting petitions. The discovery that AI was being used to draft petitions was made when the Supreme Court came across certain mentions of cases that were either non-existent or were quoted incorrectly.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and BV Nagarathna mentioned during a hearing that some lawyers had started using AI for drafting, Bar and Bench reported.

CJI Surya Kant said, "We have been alarmingly told that some lawyers have started using AI for drafting. There was something with Justice Dipankar Datta also. All precedents cited never existed."

Justice BV Nagarathn...