How 3 Bengalureans helped Supreme Court script history with their Artificial Intelligence -based tool

The Supreme Court scripted history this week by deploying an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tool to start live transcription of proceedings..

The AI-based tool created by Vikas Mahendra, Vinay Mahendra and Badarivishal Kinhal was used to transcribe proceedings of a case concerning the Maharashtra political crisis..

The move, which is said to modernise the legal landscape using technology, has a Bengaluru connection.. Three Bengalureans, Vikas Mahendra, his brother Vinay Mahendra and brother-in-law Badarivishal Kinhal, have developed TERES (Technology Enabled RESolution), the AI engine that converted court arguments into text during live proceedings pertaining to the constitution bench hearing on the Maharashtra political controversy on Tuesday (February 21)..

Though undertaken on an experimental basis, legal luminaries endorsed it as a technology-first approach to legal transcription that would increase accountability and transparency as every word in the court gets recorded.. . "It has been an interesting and dramatic ride," said 37-year-old Vikas, an arbitration specialist who has worked in several countries, including Singapore, and co-founder of city-based Nomology Technology Private Limited...

But their journey took an interesting turn during the Delhi Arbitration Weekend, held from February 16 to 19, where Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud emphasised on transcription services in legal proceedings...

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