Order Not Invalid if Legal Reasoning is Sound Despite Fake AI Citations: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that a judicial order is not invalid merely because it relies on non-existent citations generated by artificial intelligence, if the legal principles applied are correct.

The Court examined a challenge to a Trial Court order that had upheld an Advocate Commissioner’s report in a property dispute.

Although the Trial Court had referred to case laws that were later found to be fake and AI-generated, the High Court said the substantive legal reasoning was in line with settled law. The Court observed that the incorrect citations did not vitiate the order.

It also cautioned courts against unverified use of AI, stating that actual intelligence should be preferred over artificial intelligence.