India, Nov. 1 -- On 2 July 2026, the Supreme Court of India confronted a disturbing consequence of AI-enabled tools. In the case of Puja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank, it dealt with judicial decisions that had cited and relied on precedents that did not exist in real life. The Supreme Court had essentially compared the fabricated AI-generated judicial authorities entering the system to the release of a dangerous chemical, which is invisible, insidious, and catastrophic.

This judgement of the Supreme Court raises a question that reaches beyond a single case, i.e., how India, as a country, should educate those who will make, interpret, apply and enable the use of law in the age of AI. It is true that AI can search judgements, summ...