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CBS LINE Volume 4(9) AI in Indian Judiciary: Prospectus and Challenges Akhil Shaji HSST Political Science, St. John Nephumsians HSS Kozhuvanal Email: akhilshajistcpala@gmail.com Ph No: 8078172520 The Indian justice system is currently undergoing the crisis of huge backlog in terms of disposal of cases both criminal and civil in nature in all levels of courts that is from Supreme Court to lower courts. In the top court, The Supreme Court of India has over 83,312 cases, of which 10,094 cases has been pending for 10 years, 558 cases for 20 years and 26 cases for 30 years. Roughly 80% of cases are civil in nature while around 21% of the cases are criminal in nature. The condition of high courts and lower courts are much worse with over 5.8 million cases to be disposed. Some experts argued that, even after 100 years the backlog faced by Indian Judiciary in all levels cannot be solved. So in this context the entry of Artificial Intelligence becomes an interesting solution to comp...