Public faith in judiciary will erode if tech takes driver's seat: CJI

CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA Justice B R Gavai has warned against giving primacy to technology in the justice delivery system, saying it would erode public faith in judiciary and beseeched courts not to lose sight of humanity.

- NEW DELHI, JUN 5

On May 4, the CJI was delivering a keynote address on the theme "Courts, Commerce & the Rule of Law" at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London.

In his address, the CJI outlined the role of the judiciary in balancing commerce and the concept of the "rule of law" in the digital age and said courts required to actively engage in the process with commercial pragmatism.

He quoted former CJI DY Chandrachud as saying, "Technology should be a means of ensuring justice to everyone.”

"The moment we let technology take the driver's seat in the legal system, we begin to erode the public's faith in us and with it, the foundations of the rule of law," CJI Gavai added.