India, June 18 -- A well-reasoned decision is pronounced by a trial court in Andhra Pradesh, but the case laws referred to in the judgment turn out to be non-existent and mere Artificial Intelligence (AI) hallucinations. The Supreme Court of India noted this in Gummadi Usha Rani vs Sure Mallikarjuna Rao (2026) and voiced its concern and the need to protect constitutional mandates.

The case triggered a seminal move - the Supreme Court issued the draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026 (AI Regulations, hereafter). A possible trendsetter, the Supreme Court's binding AI Regulations, once passed go well beyond existing precedents such as the UK's Guidance for Judicial Office Holders (2025) and Singapore's Guide on...