Overview
- CJI Surya Kant, speaking at a Gangtok conclave on Friday, declared Sikkim the country’s first paperless state judiciary.
- He urged a shift in judicial education beyond basic digital skills so judges can grasp how algorithms work, spot AI bias, and keep human judgment central.
- He backed careful AI use in trial courts, including verifying assets in recovery suits and mapping patterns in bail and sentencing to promote consistency under oversight.
- He called for High Courts to standardise their Case Information Systems and to strengthen e-Seva Kendras, noting 48 centres in High Courts and 2,283 in districts, to avoid a new digital divide.
- The two-day meeting, which closed Saturday with praise from Sikkim’s Governor, framed technology as a way to cut long trips and give remote litigants real-time access through e-filing, online orders, and video links.