AI and the future of justice in Nepal

We must embrace innovations in a way that upholds the values of our legal system.

Following the issuance of the concept paper on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the technical committee formed by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology on July 3, 2024, law practitioners and leaders of the judiciary have directed their attention to AI in the administration of justice. Until now, the law, legal logic and legal reasoning have largely been the products of human conscience and history. Still, concerns remain about balancing human intelligence and AI. However, integrating AI into the administration of justice will be a distant dream until we carefully consider AI’s complementary role rather than using it entirely as an alternative to human judgment in the legal system.