Narendra Modi and CJI Chandrachuds Vision of Accessible Legal Services and Education

Narendra Modi and CJI Chandrachuds Vision of Accessible Legal Services and Education Author: Debarati Pal The Mechanism of Courts to Cope with The Digitised World With the digital world growing every day in leaps and bounds and data becoming more and more accessible, it is important that the Indian justice system too comes to the fore and implements improvements into its conventional method of working. CJI Chandrachud initiated the idea of judgments being made accessible for the general public by releasing their translated copies in all regional languages. He proposed that this herculean task can be undertaken by the use of AI tools. Narendra Modi and CJI Chandrachuds-Narendra Modi and CJI Chandrachuds The e-SCR Project On 21st January 2023, CJI Chandrachud informed about the recent launch of the e- SCR or electronic Supreme Court Reports project under which all judgments of the Supreme Court are being translated gradually to regional languages. Free copies of judgments displayed on the website of the Supreme Court free of cost. Validation by PM Narendra Modi PM Narendra Modi has always appreciated plans of increasing data accessibility through digitalisation. Commenting upon the idea of CJI Chandrachud, PM Narendra Modi said, “At a recent function, the Hon’ble CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making SC judgments available in regional languages. He also suggested the use of technology for it. This is a laudatory thought, which will help many people, particularly youngsters..” Further, in another tweet PM Narendra Modi said, “India has several languages, which add to our cultural vibrancy. The Central Government is undertaking numerous efforts to encourage Indian languages.”  Narendra Modi and CJI Chandrachuds English as A Barrier in Pursuit of Legal Studies

CJI Chandrachud did not hold back from criticizing the legal education system as well. He highlighted the point that the CLAT examination which is a prerequisite for admission into the National Law Universities is only conducted in English language. This makes legal education inaccessible for students who have studied in non English-medium schools. Further, CJI Chandrachud has only laid stress upon usage of simple English terms rather than critical English and Latin jargons in legal English so that the language barrier is removed.

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