Nepal, July 4 -- As an intern at the Supreme Court of Nepal, I had the opportunity to observe the daily life of the court up close. I watched how files moved, how cause lists were prepared, how summonses and dates were handled, and how court employees worked between old manual practices and newer digital systems. These observations made one thing clear: Nepal's judiciary has entered the digital age, but it has not yet entered the age of artificial intelligence.

Public conversation around court technology is often too loose. cause lists, scanned records, SMS notices, virtual hearings, digital summons, automated templates and artificial intelligence are sometimes discussed as if they belong to the same stage of reform. They do not. A scann...