Book proposes AI Non-Discrimination Act to safeguard constitutional rights
Advocate Arti Kaur examines risks of algorithmic bias and ways to make AI more inclusive
City Air News
Oct 12, 2026 11:35
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Chandigarh: Can artificial intelligence uphold India’s constitutional promise of equality, or could it reproduce existing social biases? Advocate Arti Kaur explores the question in her book, Coding Equity: Mainstreaming Minorities with AI, which proposes an AI Non-Discrimination Act for India.
The book examines how AI applications in welfare authentication, facial-recognition policing and algorithmic profiling could lead to discrimination against religious and linguistic minorities through biased data and rigid classifications.
Drawing on India’s constitutional history, Kaur also highlights the potential of AI to preserve cultural heritage, support linguistic minorities through initiatives such as Project Bhashini, and improve access to justice.
The book proposes a four-part statutory audit framework to make AI accountability enforceable through civil rights protections.
“The machine does not have to reproduce the past. The law, and the people who write it, can decide what it learns,” said Kaur, an advocate at the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The book calls for balancing technological innovation with constitutional safeguards and responsible governance.
