In a first, Supreme Court begins live transcription of its hearings using AI

For the first time in its history, the Supreme Court on Tuesday started a system for testing live transcription of oral arguments using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology.

Chief Justice (CJI) D Y Chandrachud, while heading a Constitution Bench, pointed to a screen placed facing lawyers in his courtroom and said, “You can see a screen here. We are just trying to explore the possibility of live transcription of arguments in court. We had to do it in a live environment, so it is an experiment.”

The Bench, also comprising Justices M R Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha, had assembled to hear petitions arising from last year’s Shiv Sena fallout in Maharashtra following differences between the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions.