Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Wednesday called for the re-Indianisation of the judiciary to address the unique challenges faced by Indian citizens..He said that it is time to give due to weight to the "leading lights" close to home."A very significant issue before us is to re-indianise the Indian jurisprudence...In seeking illumination from other sources, the leading lights close to home have not been given its due," the SG said..He was speaking at an event organised by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) marking 75 Years of the Constitution of India.In his speech, the SG also voiced his concerns regarding the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes.Mehta opined that this trend, coupled with widespread use of social media, is a cause for concern for the judiciary and courts will have to evolve and adapt to the new world."The rise of social media, artificial intelligence, and technologies such as deep fakes have also posed a concern. Indian jurisprudence which took shape in the earlier era of mass media, particularly print media, will be relooked at from the point of view of the new emerging modes and methods of communication", SG Mehta said.He observed that over the years, different rights have come to be viewed as interconnected and that the Supreme Court has played a major role in pushing Indian jurisprudence in that direction."No longer are rights of people considered to be in silos disconnected with each other...In Shayara Bano the court ended an outdated practice which was against dignity of women. The practice of triple talaq was done away with. Supreme court is the ultimate protector of fundamental rights and it is not only just a guardian of the same but has responded time to time.. whether education is a fundamental right, or the development of sustainable development norms... The Constitution has been kept responsive to the emerging needs of the society," SG Mehta said..Apart from SG Mehta, Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka too delivered a lecture at the event on access to justice. The lectures were followed by the launch of the SCAORA E-Journal and the newly designed interactive SCAORA website by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, Supreme Court judges Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant, and Attorney General for India R Venkataramani.
