For all those who believe artificial intelligence is the answer, as recently as July 2026, the Supreme Court of India had to strike down decisions from AI researched judgments. This prompted the question of whether AI, like computers, lacks the ‘common sense’ to avoid generating results that solely please its programmers, rather than satisfying the rules of programming. We know computers cannot hallucinate; if large language models are fed with the wrong input questions, they provide wrong answers while ‘stealing’ data and dicta from vast libraries of information. The easy use of AI brings pop-up warnings that users dismiss as glitches of a new-age product but what happens when we want AI to help with constitutional morality, speeding up justice and maybe even justice delivery? How can AI speed up a legal system based on a 118-year-old Code of Civil Procedure and a Constitution that was created before the age of computers?

This opening plenary session will bring together senior judiciary, government and members of the Bar to confront questions at the heart of India’s common rule-of-law debate: how should constitutional morality guide the balance between judicial independence and institutional accountability? Can justice keep up with the demands of a rapidly modernising economy, measured by case pendency, enforcement timelines and greater access to justice? What does this mean for India’s credibility as a destination for international investment and dispute resolution?