Reforming High Court Rules in India: Towards Simplicity, Speed, and Uniform Access to Justice
Reforming High Court Rules in India: Towards Simplicity, Speed, and Uniform Access to Justice By: Adv. Vijay Sardana Introduction This paper begins with my own experience of engaging with the Delhi High Court. In an effort to analyse its procedural framework, I employed advanced Artificial Intelligence tools. Strikingly, even AI—widely regarded for its ability to resolve highly complex problems—struggled to interpret the Court’s rules. The assessment that follows is therefore a combination of personal experience and AI-assisted analysis, intended to highlight and better understand the inherent complexities of High Court Rules in India, with Delhi as a case study. 1. Executive Summary High Court Rules across India are detailed and comprehensive, but they are also highly technical, fragmented, and difficult to navigate—even for trained lawyers. While intended to streamline procedure and reduce delays, in practice they often increase cost and time, largely due to technical defect...