Lawyer Has Duty To Cross-Verify : Supreme Court On Petition Citing Fake Judgments

Amisha Shrivastava

13 Feb 2026 8:27 PM IST

'Because of artificial intelligence, lawyers and the judges have an additional duty to see whether it is a real or deep fake, the Court said.

The Supreme Court today emphasised that it is the duty of members of the Bar to verify judgments before placing reliance on them in petitions, after it was informed that a special leave petition cited certain fake judgments judgment. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the SLP, orally cautioning all lawyers to exercise due dillignece while...

Lawyer Has Duty To Cross-Verify : Supreme Court On Petition Citing Fake Judgments

Amisha Shrivastava

'Because of artificial intelligence, lawyers and the judges have an additional duty to see whether it is a real or deep fake, the Court said.

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