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Directive prohibiting judicial officers from using AI tools for judgments and legal research

High Court of Punjab and Haryana (Registrar General, on direction of the Chief Justice) · Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh

last revised 2026-04-06last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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Administrative communication from the Punjab and Haryana High Court Registrar General, reported 7 April 2026, prohibiting all judicial officers in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh from using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Meta AI for drafting orders or judgments or for legal research, in order to preserve human judicial reasoning.

Applies to
judges, court-staff
Effective
06 Apr 2026
Current version
Original · 06 Apr 2026
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
lawtrend.in/punjab-and-haryana-high-court-bans-judicial-officers-from-…

What the document requires

  • No use of AI platforms for writing judgments or orders.
  • No use of AI platforms for legal research.
  • District and sessions judges responsible for compliance; breaches viewed seriously.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2026-04-06Administrative communication reported 7 April 2026; official text not located.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Directive prohibiting judicial officers from using AI tools for judgments and legal research" (High Court of Punjab and Haryana (Registrar General, on direction of the Chief Justice), Original, 2026-04-06), safelegalai.com/regulation/india/in-punjab-haryana-hc-ai-ban-judicial-officers (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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