MOUs signed between Supreme Court and IIT Madras

Supreme Court of India under the leadership of Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud is driving technological enhancement in making it’s process automated, user friendly and citizen centric to enhance access to justice. An MoU has been signed between IIT Madras and Supreme Court of India today following the visit of Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India to IIT Madras in July this year.

The Supreme Court of India and IIT Madras will be collaborating on using Al and emerging technologies for transcription Tools, summarisation of page transcript, translation Tool, exclusive streaming platform for court trials, process automation and large languages models for the legal domain. The collaboration which will also also focus to leverage Al Tools in Capacity Building & Training, creating e-Learning Platform and ICT skill development courses, is a significant leap forward in the incorporation of artificial intelligence (Al) and technology to enhance the efficiency, accessibility and capacity building of the legal domain. The MoU is aimed to facilitate the digital transformation of the Indian judiciary, aligning it with the vision for a more efficient and technologically advanced legal ecosystem to improve access to justice.