Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Indian Legal System

Examining the Impact of AI on the Indian Legal System and the Need for Data Protection Laws

Abstract

Developed technology like Artificial Intelligence (here in after AI) has spread across the world and provides them with improved and effective ways of providing via multiple sectors. AI aims to provide the machinery with a mechanism to replicate human nature in areas like problem-solving and critical thought by enabling the machine to think for itself. In this study we have first taken the general overview of artificial intelligence we have discussed the present scenario of artificial intelligence in the Indian legal system, advantages of artificial intelligence for law professionals, challenges of artificial intelligence in Indian law, impact of artificial intelligence over Indian legal system, face of future law firms which is concluded that It calls for comprehensive data protection law in India, along the lines of the European Data Protection Directive, the United Kingdom Data Protection Act (1998), the OECD Privacy Directive and Trans boundary Personal Data Flows Guidelines, 1980 and the United States Safe Harbour Principles. Secondly, the government has to put in place sufficient safeguards through preliminary reporting of information extraction for specific users i.e., information source.