New Delhi, March 13 -- The Supreme Court of India will soon use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to handle case listing and bench allocation and remove human intervention in the process. According to Bar&Bench, the decision was taken by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant.

Under the current system, the CJI, as the master of the roster, allocates the cases to different Benches.

According to the report, the proposed reform follows an internal examination that reportedly exposed two deeper problems within the registry.

This includes the long stay of some officials in the same positions, and outdated technological infrastructure, resulting in irregular and improper case allocation.

The report noted that the lapses were uncovered during pr...