Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency (SUPACE)

Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency (SUPACE)

Question- Recently, Chief Justice of India launched the Supreme Court’s ‘SUPACE Portal’. Consider the following statements in this regard-
1-It is an artificial intelligence-based portal
2-The portal will provide the judges with all possible decisions of a case on the basis of inputs.
Which of the statement(s) given above is /are correct?
(a) 1 Only
(b) 1 and 3 Only
(c) 1,2, and 3
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
Related facts-

  • The Supreme Court on 6 April 2021 unveiled its Artificial Intelligence (AI) portal SUPACE, designed to make research easier for judges, thereby easing their workload.
  • A pet project of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, the Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency (SUPACE) is a tool that collects relevant facts and laws and makes them available to a judge.
  • SUPACE will produce results customized to the need of the case and the way the judge thinks.
  • This will be time-saving. It will help the judiciary and the court in reducing delays and pendency of cases.
  • AI will present a more streamlined, cost-effective and time-bound means to the fundamental right of access to justice.
  • It will make the service delivery mechanism transparent and cost-efficient.

By- Yogesh Pratap Singh

Reference- https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cji-launches-top-courts-ai-driven-research-portal-7261821/.