Justice BV Nagarathna: Weed Out Corrupt Judges and Guard Against "Algorithmic Influence"

Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna, asserted that judges who succumb to greed or fail to live within their known sources of income must be "weeded out" of the system.

She emphasized that a tainted decision serves as a permanent "black mark" on the entire judiciary. Highlighting the era of Artificial Intelligence, she introduced a modern dimension to judicial independence: freedom from "algorithmic influence."

Justice Nagarathna warned that AI should remain a peripheral tool, as it lacks the empathy and moral reasoning essential for fairness.

She urged judges to maintain cognitive autonomy, ensuring that human intuition and constitutional values remain the final arbiters of justice.