New Delhi, April 10 -- Earlier this month, when the Gujarat high court and Punjab and Haryana high court barred judicial officers from using artificial intelligence (AI) for drafting judgements or doing legal research, they set out a clear framework for governing AI in high-stake settings.

Judges and court staff are prohibited not only from using AI to decide cases, but also from drafting orders, evaluating evidence or assisting them in judicial reasoning.

The Kerala high court took a similar stance in 2025. India's Supreme Court has also kept AI away from the sphere of legal logic.

These restrictions follow years of digitization under the e-Courts programme. E-filing, video hearings and real-time case access are routine now, with AI l...