Overview
- The two-day NALSA conference at the Supreme Court is reviewing upgrades to legal aid delivery, including Lok Adalats, panel lawyers, paralegal volunteers and the financing of legal services institutions.
- Modi linked “ease of justice” to economic and social outcomes and pressed for laws, judgments and documents in simple local languages, praising the Supreme Court’s translation of over 80,000 judgments into 18 Indian languages.
- The Prime Minister said nearly 800,000 criminal cases were resolved in three years under the government’s Legal Aid Defence Counsel System, highlighting quick and low‑cost disposals through legal aid forums.
- Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said Tele‑Law has provided pre‑litigation advice to more than one crore beneficiaries since 2017 and noted NALSA’s budget rise to Rs 400 crore this year, with Rs 350 crore released.
- CJI-designate Surya Kant called for tech-enabled access rooted in local knowledge, linguistic accessibility and human empathy, while CJI B.R. Gavai described legal aid as an act of nation building that must reach those at the margins.