DAKSH is a Bengalurubased nonprofit founded in 2008. We undertake research and activities to promote accountability and better governance in India Since 2015, we have primarily focused on studying the problem of pendency of cases in the Indian legal system, with the aim of suggesting sustainable solutions based on quantitative research and empirical legal methods.
Our research approaches judicial reforms from the perspectives of principles, data, efficiency, process, technology, and administration To centre the judicial reforms discourse on data, we maintain India’s largest and only public database that enables a study of the daytoday functioning of the judiciary in India.
DAKSH is uniquely placed at the intersection of law, policy, and technology, following an evidencebased approach to tackling justice system reforms With a team of lawyers, technologists, and data analysts, we are actively involved in research, implementation of solutions, and advocacy relating to judicial reforms Our activities include databased research to promote accountability, reformoriented advisory services, community building, and catalysing solutioncentred conversations between institutions to address impediments to access to justice.