The Supreme Court’s discovery of AI-generated fake case law in a high-stakes corporate dispute has sparked national concern about the reliability of artificial intelligence in legal practice. This unprecedented incident reveals how easily generative tools can fabricate convincing yet nonexistent precedents, challenging long-held assumptions about trust, verification, and professional responsibility in India’s justice system.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a stern, unequivocal directive against the casual and unverified use of online legal information by judicial officers, calling for immediate, comprehensive training across the subordinate judiciary. The High Court flagged a disturbing instance where a trial judge relied solely on a "pop-up notification"  from a mobile application, rather than the authenticated judicial precedent, to deny an individual's liberty. This development tu