Vijay Ghanshyam Gadiya v. Union of India, 2026 INSC 947
·Supreme Court of India·INOther
Extending Pooja Ramesh Singh from tribunals to executive adjudicators, the Supreme Court of India set aside a customs penalty order of INR 4.25 billion, and the High Court judgment upholding it, because the order relied on AI-hallucinated precedents. Justice Datta held even an iota of fake material vitiates a decision and left disciplinary action to the officer's appointing authority.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Date
- 2026-09-02
- Who used the AI
- Other
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- An Order-in-Original of the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Surat, dated 8 October 2025 and imposing a penalty of INR 425.28 crore, relied on judgments and articles that were nonexistent, carried fake citations, or did not support the propositions cited. The Gujarat High Court had dismissed the challenge.
- Outcome
- Other
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-04
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Vijay Ghanshyam Gadiya v. Union of India, 2026 INSC 947”, safelegalai.com/tracker/gadiya-v-union-of-india (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.