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Indic Pacific Legal Research Announces New Publication on AI Admissibility in Indian Criminal Jurisprudence


Indic Pacific Legal Research is pleased to announce a significant academic milestone by its leadership. Founder Abhivardhan has co-authored a definitive chapter in the forthcoming volume, Artificial Intelligence and Legal Evidence: The Indian Policy and Perspective, scheduled for global release on July 17, 2026, by Chapman & Hall (Routledge).


The chapter, titled "Predictive Policing Meets Procedural Law—Crafting Admissibility Standards for AI-Driven Forensic Tools in Indian Criminal Justice," is co-authored with Supratim Bapuli, an accomplished researcher and former Co-Chairperson of the AI Development Committee (AIDC) and the R&D Committee at the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law (iSAIL.IN).

Bridging the Gap Between Tech and Procedure


As the Indian criminal justice system moves toward the integration of algorithmic forensic tools, the research addresses the urgent need for robust, legally sound admissibility standards. The work navigates the friction between predictive analytics and existing procedural law, advocating for a framework that prioritizes transparency and the rights of the accused.


A Legacy of Merit-Based Scholarship


This publication underscores the "no-jugaad" ethos of Indic Pacific—prioritizing rigorous, functional research outcomes over traditional academic shortcuts. The collaboration between Abhivardhan and Supratim Bapuli highlights the strength of the ecosystem cultivated within our affiliated networks. Supratim’s evolution from leading technical committees at iSAIL.IN to contributing to high-impact international academic volumes reflects the meritocratic standard the organization champions.


Editorial Acknowledgments


Indic Pacific Legal Research extends its sincere gratitude to the editorial team for their professional cooperation and commitment to capturing the Indian perspective on AI policy:


  • Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan is currently serving as a Professor at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. He previously served as Professor and Director at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.  He is involved in research intertwining the Criminal Justice Administration, Human Rights and Human Trafficking. He has authored several books on these subjects, including The Transnational Sex Trafficking: An Integrated Reparation Model (Thomson Reuters, 2019) which emphasizes on a human rights dimension of cross border sex- trafficking between India and Bangladesh. He is a recipient of prestigious fellowships including the British Chevening Scholarship, Hong Kong UGC Scholarship, Michigan Grotius Research Fellowship, and the U.S. Department of State’s IVLP Fellowship. 

  • Lovely Dasgupta is currently serving as a Professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. She has been teaching and researching Sports Law, Contract, and Legal Education. Her key publications include: Esports and the World Anti-Doping Code (Routledge, UK); Online Gaming in India Technology, Policy, and Challenges, Edited By Lovely Dasgupta, Shameek Sen, (Chapman & Hall) and Sport in Contemporary India Society, Culture and Governance, Edited by Surajit C Mukhopadhyay, Lovely Dasgupta, (Routledge,UK).

  • Saptarshi Ghosh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. His current research interests are in Legal data analytics, AI and Sustainability, and Algorithmic bias and fairness. His research is inter-disciplinary and uses techniques from Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, and Complex Network Theory. He received his PhD in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur in 2013. He was a Humboldt Post-doctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), Germany. He heads a Max Planck Partner Group at IIT Kharagpur, that focuses on algorithmic bias and fairness. He is presently an Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Artificial Intelligence and Law”, the premier journal in the domain of AI and Law.

  • Kripabandhu Ghosh is an Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Kolkata. He completed his PhD (Computer Science) at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. His research interests include information retrieval, data mining, and AI in the legal domain; information extraction from social media text in disaster situations; fairness in text summarization; and data mining on noisy text.


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About Indic Pacific Legal Research


Founded in 2019, Indic Pacific Legal Research is a specialist firm dedicated to AI and data law, technology policy, and ecosystem building in the Indo-Pacific region. Led by Abhivardhan, the firm focuses on sovereign tech infrastructure, tech heteropolarity, and the development of independent technology diplomacy tracks.

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