Imagine waking up to a knock on your door, only to find police officers standing there, asking questions about your mental state, your behavior, and whether you pose a threat to yourself or the people you work with. You have no idea why they are there. There has been no incident, no complaint, no warning. But somehow, an artificial intelligence system allegedly decided that you were dangerous enough to report. This is not a scene from a dystopian movie; it is the reality described in a new legal investigation announced by Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm. The firm…

In a thoughtful and compassionate decision, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji, chose to delete adverse remarks made against a lawyer in an earlier judgment, while still acknowledging that those remarks were rooted in a legitimate concern for professional standards. The Bench recognised that the criticisms, though sharply expressed, were not meant to destroy the advocate’s reputation but to caution him, as a young member of the Bar, to be more careful in the future. However, the judges were acutely aware that words once written in a judicial order have…