The JSW Centre for the Future of Law at NLSIU is organising an online presentation by Bhavin Patel, Programme Director, TrustBridge Rule of Law Foundation. The talk on his paper titled ‘Can Technology Augment Order Writing Capacity At Regulators?’ will be held on February 27, 2026, at 4:00 PM IST.

The discussion is part of our series of presentations on contemporary scholarship by leading academics. This is an online presentation open to all, register here if you would like to attend.

Abstract

This paper critically examines the opportunities and challenges of using technology, in particular Large Language Models (LLMs), to assist regulatory order writing in quasi-judicial settings, with a focus on the Indian context. The paper proposes augmenting rather than replacing human decision-makers, aiming to improve regulatory order writing practice through responsible use of LLMs. It identifies the core principles of administrative law that must be upheld in these settings — such as application of mind, reasoned orders, non-arbitrariness, rules against bias, and transparency — and analyses how inherent limitations of LLMs, including their probabilistic reasoning, opacity, potential for bias, confabulation, and lack of metacognition, may undermine these principles.