India's Election Commission uses unaudited AI as court suggests AI for affidavits

India's Supreme Court gave the Election Commission three months to decide the Trinamool Congress symbol dispute, with a judge suggesting AI could read the affidavits. The ECI already runs unaudited algorithmic systems on electoral rolls while telling the UN it uses no AI at all.

• Court gave ECI three months to rule on the Trinamool symbol dispute
• Judge's AI suggestion for affidavits was oral, not a binding direction
• IFF counted at least three unaudited algorithmic systems in the SIR
• In July 2026 ECI told UN rapporteurs no AI is used at any stage