How AI Responded To Chief Justice DY Chandrachud's Death Penalty Question | Read

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, known to pull up lawyers for breaking court decorum, had an Artificial Intelligence (AI) lawyer to deal with today. The interaction took place at the inauguration ceremony of the National Judicial Museum and Archive.

To test the AI lawyer's knowledge, the Chief Justice asked, "Is the death penalty constitutional in India?" The AI lawyer, in the form of a spectacled man wearing an advocate's bow tie and coat, replied, "Yes, the death penalty is constitutional in India. It is reserved for the rarest of rare cases as determined by the Supreme Court where the crime is exceptionally heinous and warrants such a punishment." The Chief Justice looked impressed by the response. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is set to take over as the next Chief Justice on Monday, was also present. Other Supreme Court judges also attended the inauguration.