Harnessing Blockchain For Judicial Administration In India
Ashish Kumar, Radhey Shyam Jha · International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews · 2025
Persistent systemic problems plague the judiciary in India, such as a backlog of more than 4.5 million cases, delays in procedures, and rampant corruption, which all alienate the public from justice.This study investigates the possible paradigm shift that a decentralized and tamper-proof ledger system could bring to judicial administration by looking into the idea of blockchain technology to study how an unchanging decentralized approach found in private ledgers can bring about a dramatic turn into judicial functions.The study analyzes how the court records can be secured by using the features of blockchain technology, thereby understanding how it can automate the routine tasks through smart contracts and real-time tracking of case progress.To shed light on the aspects drawn from the global examples like Estonia and China, and domestic initiatives such as the Judiciary Chain of NIC, the research evaluates the current Indian legal frameworks, specifically the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, in determining their provisions considering blockchain application in judicial contexts.Legal ambiguities, tech hurdles, and infrastructural discriminations, particularly the rural digital divide, stand identified as significant challenges.Among others, such policies include law reforms recognizing evidence from blockchain, capacity building for juheors, and investments to put up scalable infrastructure through energy-efficient consensus mechanisms.It demands a phase-wise, collaborative approach to success through government leadership, judicial oversight, and private sector innovation into the future.With appropriate implementation, pendency will come down significantly, reduce manipulation and improve transparency.The study imagines a blockchain-enabled judiciary by 2030 in line with the Digital India initiative, with an efficient, secure, and equitable justice delivery.The Indian judiciary, which dwells in a house of case backlog, is conditioned by these terms: judicial administration, blockchain, smart contracts, legal framework, digital justice and judiciary chain.