Kerala HC, District courts use AI tool for Malayalam Translation of Judgments

Kochi: The Kerala High Court and District Courts have successfully used ‘Anuvadini’, an Artificial Intelligence tool for translation developed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to translate judgments of courts to Malayalam, the state's vernacular language.

According to the Court office, over 317 High Court judgments and more than 5,136 District Court judgments have been translated from English to Malayalam using this tool and have been uploaded onto the respective court websites.

This was carried out by a team of three nominated judges, including Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque, Chairman of the Computerisation Committee, along with fellow judges V. Raja Vijayaraghavan and Kauser Edappagath.

"In the first phase, the Kerala High Court proposed to translate and make available all judgments certified for reporting in Malayalam,” said their statement.

It also pointed out that there is a proposal to share translated versions of judgments with the Legal Service Authority for imparting legal education and awareness to various government departments and other stakeholders, including litigants.

"Through these steps, the High Court of Kerala has ensured access to justice to all, and increased transparency. And this will also help to ensure that court orders and judgments are more widely disseminated which can help to promote awareness of the law,” the statement added.

With inputs from agencies

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