How Nyaay Is Building Legal AI for the Entire Justice Ecosystem

Access to justice remains one of the most persistent structural challenges in India’s legal system.

While courts, law firms, and in-house legal teams increasingly rely on technology, large sections of society, particularly vulnerable and migrant communities, continue to face barriers to effective legal support.

Nyaay was built to address this imbalance.

From the outset, our objective was not to create legal AI for a single category of users, but to build one platform that works across the entire justice ecosystem, from the judiciary and leading law firms to public-interest organisations and frontline legal practitioners. Building Legal AI That Works With the System Legal technology cannot succeed in isolation. Courts, lawyers, and legal aid organisations operate within well-established procedural, doctrinal, and institutional frameworks. Any meaningful innovation must align with these realities rather than attempt to bypass them.

Nyaay was therefore designed as a judiciary-aligned legal AI platform, focused on:

• Legal research grounded in Indian law and court practice

• Workflow efficiency without compromising legal judgment

• Responsible use of AI in drafting, analysis, and preparation

Over time, this approach has led to adoption across multiple segments of the legal system, including members of the judiciary, private law firms, and in-house legal teams. This breadth of use is intentional. A justice system functions as a whole, and technology must support it as a whole.

Access to Justice as a Design Principle

However, access to justice is not achieved merely by improving efficiency for well-resourced institutions. True access requires that the same quality of legal tools be available to those working with limited resources, including legal professionals supporting migrant workers, informal sector workers, and other vulnerable communities.

This is where Nyaay’s collaborations with public-interest organisations become critical.

Our partnership with Aajeevika Bureau, a not-for-profit organisation committed to safeguarding the rights and socio-legal well-being of migrant workers, reflects this commitment. Through this collaboration, Nyaay provides complimentary access to its platform for nominated fellows, enabling stronger legal research, case preparation, and professional capacity-building. Importantly, this is not a parallel or reduced version of the product. The goal is parity, ensuring that access to advanced legal technology is not limited by institutional privilege.

Responsible Legal AI, Built for India Legal AI carries real responsibility.

Decisions informed by legal research and analysis affect rights, livelihoods, and access to remedies. For this reason, Nyaay is built with a strong emphasis on:

• Alignment with Indian legal sources and court practice

• Respect for confidentiality, data governance, and professional ethics

• Augmenting, not replacing, human legal judgment

Our work continues in close dialogue with legal professionals and institutions to ensure that innovation remains grounded in constitutional values and practical realities.

Expanding access to justice is not a single milestone. It is an ongoing process. It requires sustained collaboration between technology builders, courts, legal professionals, and civil society.

Nyaay will continue to invest in partnerships across this spectrum, building tools that scale efficiency whereresources exist, while also democratising access where it is most needed.

Because justice systems improve not through shortcuts, but through inclusive, system-level change.