The Supreme Court on Friday expunged the remarks made by the Bombay High Court against the petitioner for citing a non-existent judgment allegedly generated through artificial intelligence, while cautioning that this practice has become a rampant menace not only in India but across the world. A bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi granted this indulgence as a one-time measure in a Special Leave Petition filed by Heart and Soul Entertainment Ltd. through its Director, who appeared in person through video conferencing. The petitioner had sought deletion of observations made by the Bombay High Court in paragraph 22 of its judgment dated 7 January 2026 in a matter under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act.
The Bombay High Court had observed that the written submissions filed by the respondent appeared to have been prepared using an AI tool such as ChatGPT, pointing to features like green-box tick-marks, bullet points, repetitive submissions, and a reference to a judgment titled “Jyoti w/o Dinesh Tulsiani Vs. Elegant Associates” for which neither citation nor copy was provided. The High Court noted that it and its law clerks were at pains to locate the judgment but could not find it, resulting in waste of precious judicial time. It imposed costs of ₹50,000 on the petitioner, directing payment to the High Court Employees Medical Fund, and deprecated the practice of dumping irrelevant or non-existent material on the Court.
The Supreme Court, while not going into the question whether the petitioner had actually cited the non-existent judgment, observed that as a matter of indulgence the remarks made in the aforesaid paragraph are expunged. However, the Court cautioned that the fact remains that this menace is rampant in all Courts now, not only in India but throughout the world. Everyone needs to be careful about this. The Court noted that it is already seized of this matter on the judicial side.
With the aforesaid observations, the Special Leave Petition was disposed of.
Cause Title: HEART AND SOUL ENTERTAINMENT LTD. v. DEEPAK S/O SHIVKUMAR BAHRY | Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 3090/2026
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