‘Go Sell Some Sweaters’: Supreme Court Rebukes 12th Pass Trader Over AI-Drafted PIL | India News
Last Updated:March 11, 2026, 05:53 IST The bench grew suspicious when Sidhu, who said he had studied only till Class 12 and runs a hosiery business in Ludhiana, used complex legal expressions in the petition. Supreme Court of India (Credits: PTI Photo) The Supreme Court pulled up a cloth trader from Ludhiana, who studied till 12th, appeared with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) containing high-sounding legal jargon. The top court dismissed the petition after he admitted to using artificial intelligence tools to draft the petition and failed to explain legal terms used in it. “‘Jaao, Ludhiana mein 2-3 aur sweater becho… Jin logo ka kaam hai aisi petition file karna, woh nuksaan kardengay apka costs lagwa ke’ (Go and sell 2-3 more sweaters in Ludhiana… If you continue filing such petitions through others, they will end up having costs imposed upon you),” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said while dismissing the PIL. A bench comprising CJI Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing the petition related to the PM CARES Fund …

