Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi linked ease of living and business to ease of justice, urging simple, locally understood legal language and wider legal awareness.
- NALSA’s Community Mediation Training Module was launched, with the Prime Minister framing the Mediation Act as modern support for community dispute resolution.
- The government said the Legal Aid Defence Counsel System helped resolve nearly 800,000 criminal cases over three years, alongside large-scale Lok Adalat and pre‑litigation settlements.
- Language access received emphasis as the Supreme Court’s translation of over 80,000 judgments into 18 Indian languages was praised, with a push to extend this to lower courts.
- At the valedictory, Chief Justice B.R. Gavai called legal aid a moral duty and proposed advisory committees at NALSA and state bodies to ensure policy continuity as he nears demitting office.