Case Analysis using Artificial Intelligence

What is a Case Analysis?

A case analysis refers to the process of reading and analyzing a court case (which has already been decided) to understand:

• What were the facts of the case?
• What were the legal issues raised in the case?
• What were the arguments made by all the parties?
• What was the decision given by the court?

It's like studying the story of the case to figure out what it means and what lessons can be learned from the case.

Difference between Case Analysis and Case Brief

Case Brief:

It refers to a brief summary of a pending case (i.e. litigation pendente lite) which is prepared by legal professionals for easy reference so that they can quickly go through the brief and prepare themselves for the next hearing. It contains the details of the pending case, a list of dates and events, the current status of the case, and other similar important "ready to refer" details. The main object of a case brief is to save time and avoid referring to the case file again and again.

Case Analysis:

It refers to a brief summary of a decided case and the main object of case analysis is to analyze the facts, legal issues, arguments of parties, and judgment of the court. This analysis helps in: (1) firstly, using the case for getting a favorable relief from Court; and (2) secondly, fetching useful legal arguments from the case which can support our arguments / contentions in the Court.

What is the format of a Case Analysis?

A case analysis contains the following elements:

1. Preliminary Details of the Case: Case Title, Citation, Quorum and Bench Composition, Author of the Judgment, and Important Legal Provisions / Statutes involved in the case.
2. Facts of the Case: It includes both Factual Background and Procedural Background.
3. Legal Issues Raised in the Case: Generally, only questions of law are mentioned here; questions of law are avoided.
4. Arguments of Parties: Arguments related to each legal issue raised, which were placed on record by both the parties are mentioned here.
5. Judgment: This part includes brief summary of the judgment given by the court. It includes both "Ratio Decidendi" (reasoning of the court which is binding in nature) and "Obiter Dictum" (opinion of court which is not binding but have persuasive value).
6. Important References: List / Details of Important Provisions / Statutes / Case Laws referred - this is important to quickly trace the important legal principles related to the case being analyzed and which might aid us in our case too.

Why AI should be used for Case Analysis?

The answer is simple - it's easy, fast, reliable as compared to human-made output. Also, it is often not fruitful to do case analysis manually of all the cases you have researched (especially when you think these cases "might be relevant" for your use case).

So, looking at how advanced, fast, and reliable Artificial Intelligence is you can use the following AI tools for Case Analysis:

• Harpa AI Chrome Extension (only works for Web Pages)
• Monica AI Chrome Extension (works for Web Pages and PDFs)
• Study GPT Chrome Extension (works very well for PDFs)
• Poe.com (works very well for PDFs)

How to use these AI Tools for Case Analysis?

1. Every AI tool needs a command on which it can work on and a good AI command (also called "Prompt") requires three major essential elements: (1) content [i.e. case judgment / text etc.]; (2) context [who are you and what is your purpose]; and (3) instructions [detailed instructions on how to do a task].
2. So, you can provide the case judgment as "content" and the following command as context and instructions: "Act as a legal researcher from India and after reading the case judgment of ....................................................... write a case analysis including the title of the case with citation, date of judgement, bench and judges, brief facts, legal issues, issue-wise arguments of the parties, issue-wise judgment of the court, and list of important provisions / statutes / case laws referred by the court in this case in not less than 1000 words from this page. Also, write list of most important paragraphs of the case which are related to ....................................."

For Harpa AI follow this Procedure:

• Install the Harpa AI Chrome extension;
• Pin it to your browser;
• Go to case judgment text available online (for example on a web page of Indian Kanoon);
• Click on Harpa AI icon;
• Choose "Chat with Page" option;
• Paste the command given above, edit it a bit;
• Enter the name of case and any additional details if needed;
• Press "Enter", the case analysis will be generated.

For Monica AI follow this Procedure:

• Install Monica AI Chrome extension;
• Pin it to your browser;
• Now, if the case judgment text is on a web-page open that web-page OR if you have pdf of the case judgment keep the pdf ready;
• Press Ctrl + M or click on Monica AI Icon;
• Now, "click on chat with this webpage" option if you are on a web-page OR "chat with doc" if you have a pdf option [as the case maybe]
• Upload the pdf (only if there is a pdf or skip this step)
• Then, paste the command given above, edit it a bit and hit "Enter", the case analysis will be generated.

For Study GPT AI follow this Procedure

• Install Study GPT Chrome extension;
• Pin it to your browser;
• Now, if you have a pdf of the case judgment keep the pdf ready;
• Press Ctrl + I or click on Study GPT AI Icon;
• Now, you will see a pin icon using which you can upload the pdf in the tool;
• Upload the pdf;
• Then, paste the command given above, edit it a bit and hit "Enter", the case analysis will be generated.

For Poe.com follow this Procedure:

• Visit poe.com;
• Then create your account by Signing Up using Google;
• Go to the "Explore" option in the left top corner;
• Now, in the search bar type "Claude Instant 100k" or any of the higher versions like Claude 2, 3 etc., and choose that model;
• Now, using the pin icon upload the pdf of the case judgment;
• Paste the above-given command, edit it a bit, and hit "Enter";
• the case analysis will be generated.

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