Nikhil Kamath highlights how India’s justice system favors the privileged due to unequal legal access. He sees AI as the key to fixing this and unlocking massive entrepreneurial potential.
Nikhil Kamath, the co-founder of Zerodha and Gruhas, has recently raised an important issue about how justice is delivered in India.
In a series of posts on social media, Kamath shared his thoughts on how the Indian legal system needs not just legal reform, but a complete rethinking on how people get access to justice.
Kamath explained a strange reality about the Indian judiciary. He said that while most people believe the Indian legal system is fair, the main problems don’t come from the judgments themselves—but from how arguments are made in courts.
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He gave proof using data from the India Justice Report 2022. According to the report, nearly 79% of people in India can get free legal help, but only 1% of them actually use it. On the other hand, only 20% of Indians have enough money to arrange legal help on their own.
He said this is not because the legal system has failed.
He explained,
“The fact that people would prefer fancy suits over legal aid indicates that money tilts the scales of justice.”
He added,
“And to be fair, it’s not a systemic problem. It’s about leverage.”
Kamath said this “leverage” comes from three main things: better legal resources, better legal research, and better communication skills in court.
Richer people can afford all of this, which helps them make stronger legal arguments and increases their chances of winning a case. This puts poor or common people at a big disadvantage.
But Kamath also gave hope and talked about a possible solution. He said that artificial intelligence (AI) can play a big role in solving this problem.
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According to him,
AI can help in three main areas: it can improve how fast legal tasks are done, reduce mistakes made by humans, and give better access to legal knowledge for everyone.
He supported this point using research from Oxford Academic and Alvarez & Marsal.
These studies show that AI has already started to help in the legal sector by improving the speed of repetitive tasks by 87%, reducing human errors by 56.5%, supporting decisions made using data by 28.5%, and making legal information more accessible to more people.
In another post on X (formerly Twitter), Kamath clearly explained the bigger idea behind using AI in the legal world.
He wrote,
“With AI in the mix, it’s not just about speed of resolving cases — it’s a chance to build systems that truly understand. Big space here for entrepreneurs who get both law and logic.”
At the heart of Kamath’s message is one powerful idea—using technology to shift the power of the law from the hands of a few privileged people to the many common citizens of India.
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This change can bring a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to step in and build tech tools that make legal help easier and fairer for everyone. As Kamath believes, the goal of legal-tech should not be just about speeding up cases, but about truly democratizing justice in India.
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