Path to Justice: Navigating Judicial Reforms and Technological Innovation in India's Legal System
“Justice delayed is Justice denied.”
The justice delivery system in India has always been contrasting in terms of handling large caseloads, delayed justice delivery, and restricted access. In the recent past, there has been an understanding of the importance of enhancing not only the overall judicial systems but also involving technological solutions to the problems. In this paper, the author analyses the judicial reforms and technology in Indian legal systems and what impact the changes have had. The paper also evaluates the implementing reforms in judicial systems for improvement of justice delivery, especially through the efficiency of justice delivery expected out of projects like eCourts that seek to computerize the judicial systems as well as the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). This paper examines the role of another developed system, called the Case Information System (CIS), that effectively organizes the case regime and increases the productivity of judicial proceedings. The use of those technological tools is considered against the general background of global trends, with comparisons to other experiences of digitalization initiatives in other countries. It could be seen that this research is a call for how technological innovation, can radically annul traditional concepts and realities of justice in India. This is true, but it maintains that these reforms must be done alongside the consideration of matters regarding data privacy, cybersecurity, and, importantly, the accessibility of justice for everyone, especially minorities. Using the existing data on judicial reforms and Digitalization of the Indian legal fraternity, this conceptual paper shall try to unfold how exactly the Indian Justice delivery system is adapting to the dynamic world. The study contributes to the knowledge useful for the policymakers, lawyers, and academics who follow the changes in the context of the Indian judiciaries.