This innovative idea with a real-world touch helped a team of four students from IIIT-Bangalore win the Inclusive Innovation for Bharat track at Ideas for India Innovation Challenge 2026. Bengaluru: An AI assistant helps courts identify pending cases that may be suitable for early resolution through mediation or Lok Adalat.
I believe justice should be faster and easier to reach,” he said. Utkarsh Gupta said, “Built for almost 5 crore pending district court cases, it also taught me how to clean large datasets.” The platform, Nyaya Setu, cannot override legal requirements, and the committee retains the final decision-making authority. For Aarush Gupta, the idea grew from the possibility of resolving disputes without lengthy court proceedings. “When I looked at how many disputes sit in court for years, even though they could be settled through mediation, we wanted to change that. The development process also gave the students an opportunity to apply their technical learning to a real-world challenge.