Shivam Shukla
Volume I · Published 2026

AI for Indian Advocates.

The Practitioner's Standard for Supervised Intelligence. Sixteen chapters in six parts, written for advocates who will neither ignore artificial intelligence nor surrender professional judgment to it. The doctrinal foundation of the standard: the reality of the algorithmic state, the professional obligation, the method, the consequences, the opportunity, and the institutional imperative.

ISBN 978-93-5782-312-8 · ₹299 Kindle · Free with Kindle Unlimited · Sole author
The Spine Six parts · Sixteen chapters

Reality to Future.

The book opens where the problem is most acute: the algorithmic state that already governs the lives of clients, and the courts that are already recording the consequences of unsupervised AI use inside the profession. From that reality it builds the professional obligation, delivers the method, examines the consequences of ignoring it, maps the opportunity for the advocate who masters it, and closes with the institutional work still to be done.

  • Part I · Reality. The algorithmic state and the profession's unsupervised adoption.
  • Part II · Obligation. The professional and constitutional duties that govern AI use. No new law required.
  • Part III · Method. The Supervised Intelligence Method, the AI Responsibility Test, and the Five Doctrines in full.
  • Part IV · Consequences. What courts have found, and what follows for the advocate who does not supervise.
  • Part V · Opportunity. The practice advantage of governed capability.
  • Part VI · Future. The institutional imperative: what the profession's institutions must build next.
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Volume I · Kindle Edition · 2026
Readership Three audiences
I

Practising Advocates

A five-stage workflow applicable to every matter type, verification discipline that satisfies the candour obligation, and forensic technique against the opponent's AI-generated deficiencies.

II

Institutions & Bar Associations

The Five Doctrines as a ready professional conduct standard, the ART as a disciplinary accountability test, and CLE content grounded in the frameworks.

III

Students & Researchers

The professional framework before entering practice: obligation, method, and the governance gap as a research domain. Every claim sourced.

The Series One system · Three instruments

What follows Volume I.

The Practitioner's Pocket Instrument

The Field Guide. A5, chamber-ready. SIM stages, ART steps, and the Five Doctrines in canonical form, with research patterns, drafting patterns, practice-area checklists, and the adversarial toolkit.

Field Guide · Manuscript complete
In production

The Adversarial Standard

Volume II. How to detect, challenge, and defeat AI-generated submissions, algorithmic state action, and machine-produced evidence. Model professional guidelines, practice directions, and law school curriculum in adoptable form.

Volume II · Drafting from late 2026 · Targeted 2027
In research

No one sells you your judgment. No one sells you your capability. No one sells you your standard. You build all three.

AI for Indian Advocates · Core thesis

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