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Tackling legal backlogs and social injustices with the help of AI

Adalat AI was incubated at MIT and Oxford, based on research conducted at Harvard.

We specialise in AI and LLM-driven solutions that address the pressing issues of case backlogs, prolonged delays in legal systems, and the ensuing social injustices caused by these delays. In collaboration with courts, we’re pioneering voice transcription software specifically designed to assist court judges and stenographers.

This tool, unlike generic, costly alternatives, is finely tuned to a comprehensive lexicon of legal jargon and Indian pronunciations, ensuring accuracy and relevancy in transcribing witness testimonies, court orders, and judgments. 

Our impact

Our impact

Our impact

The numbers
behind Adalat AI

Empowering courts, transforming lives.

  • 9

    Partner states

  • 9

    Partner states

  • 9

    Partner states

  • 3,000+

    Judges reached

  • 3,000+

    Judges reached

  • 3,000+

    Judges reached

  • 10-15%

    Courtroom coverage nationwide

  • 10-15%

    Courtroom coverage nationwide

  • 10-15%

    Courtroom coverage nationwide

  • 30-50%

    Reduction in case timelines

  • 30-50%

    Reduction in case timelines

  • 30-50%

    Reduction in case timelines

Our People

Our People

Our People

Meet the people who are the heart of the team

Founders

  • Utkarsh Saxena​​

    Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

    Utkarsh Saxena, co-founder & CEO, has seen the legal system from multiple vantage points. He was a law clerk on the Supreme Court of India, practiced law across courts in India, petitioned the Supreme Court for marriage equality, and worked with government and policy institutions on court reform and reducing delays and backlogs. Utkarsh holds a BA/LLB from the University of Delhi, an LLM from Harvard Law School as an Inlaks scholar, a master’s in international development economics from the Harvard Kennedy School, and is completing a PhD in public policy from the University of Oxford. Before starting his independent practice, he worked as junior counsel in the chambers of Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Mr. Akhil Sibal, and Mr. Gopal Subramanium. He has also worked with Dr. Arvind Subramanian in the Chief Economic Adviser’s office at the Ministry of Finance, as well as at the World Bank and the Boston Consulting Group.

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    In 2012, Utkarsh served as a law clerk to Justice D. K. Jain at the Supreme Court of India, contributing to a judgment that introduced guidelines to address delays in narcotics trials and reduce undertrial imprisonment, with his contribution noted in the judgment (Thana Singh v. Central Bureau of Narcotics). He later worked with the Law Commission of India on the foundational 245th Report on “Arrears and Backlog: Creating Additional Judicial (Wo)manpower, which examined judicial delay and capacity planning. In 2017, he joined the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, where he co-authored the chapter Timely Justice: The Ease of Doing Business’ Next Frontier chapter of the Economic Survey of India (2017–18). The tax-litigation reform model developed through this work was later reflected in government policy, which in turn led to a 54% reduction in cases before the Supreme Court and the release of nearly $1 billion in long-disputed claims back into the economy (The Hindu, Hindustan Times, and The Times of India).


    Utkarsh has also been a petitioner and lawyer in India’s LGBTQ+ rights movement, contributing to the campaign for marriage equality before the Supreme Court of India (The Independent, Outlook India and NDTV).

  • Utkarsh Saxena​​

    Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

    Utkarsh Saxena, co-founder & CEO, has seen the legal system from multiple vantage points. He was a law clerk on the Supreme Court of India, practiced law across courts in India, petitioned the Supreme Court for marriage equality, and worked with government and policy institutions on court reform and reducing delays and backlogs. Utkarsh holds a BA/LLB from the University of Delhi, an LLM from Harvard Law School as an Inlaks scholar, a master’s in international development economics from the Harvard Kennedy School, and is completing a PhD in public policy from the University of Oxford. Before starting his independent practice, he worked as junior counsel in the chambers of Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Mr. Akhil Sibal, and Mr. Gopal Subramanium. He has also worked with Dr. Arvind Subramanian in the Chief Economic Adviser’s office at the Ministry of Finance, as well as at the World Bank and the Boston Consulting Group.

    Read more

    In 2012, Utkarsh served as a law clerk to Justice D. K. Jain at the Supreme Court of India, contributing to a judgment that introduced guidelines to address delays in narcotics trials and reduce undertrial imprisonment, with his contribution noted in the judgment (Thana Singh v. Central Bureau of Narcotics). He later worked with the Law Commission of India on the foundational 245th Report on “Arrears and Backlog: Creating Additional Judicial (Wo)manpower, which examined judicial delay and capacity planning. In 2017, he joined the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, where he co-authored the chapter Timely Justice: The Ease of Doing Business’ Next Frontier chapter of the Economic Survey of India (2017–18). The tax-litigation reform model developed through this work was later reflected in government policy, which in turn led to a 54% reduction in cases before the Supreme Court and the release of nearly $1 billion in long-disputed claims back into the economy (The Hindu, Hindustan Times, and The Times of India).


    Utkarsh has also been a petitioner and lawyer in India’s LGBTQ+ rights movement, contributing to the campaign for marriage equality before the Supreme Court of India (The Independent, Outlook India and NDTV).

  • Utkarsh Saxena​​

    Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

    Utkarsh Saxena, co-founder & CEO, has seen the legal system from multiple vantage points. He was a law clerk on the Supreme Court of India, practiced law across courts in India, petitioned the Supreme Court for marriage equality, and worked with government and policy institutions on court reform and reducing delays and backlogs. Utkarsh holds a BA/LLB from the University of Delhi, an LLM from Harvard Law School as an Inlaks scholar, a master’s in international development economics from the Harvard Kennedy School, and is completing a PhD in public policy from the University of Oxford. Before starting his independent practice, he worked as junior counsel in the chambers of Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Mr. Akhil Sibal, and Mr. Gopal Subramanium. He has also worked with Dr. Arvind Subramanian in the Chief Economic Adviser’s office at the Ministry of Finance, as well as at the World Bank and the Boston Consulting Group.

    Read more

    In 2012, Utkarsh served as a law clerk to Justice D. K. Jain at the Supreme Court of India, contributing to a judgment that introduced guidelines to address delays in narcotics trials and reduce undertrial imprisonment, with his contribution noted in the judgment (Thana Singh v. Central Bureau of Narcotics). He later worked with the Law Commission of India on the foundational 245th Report on “Arrears and Backlog: Creating Additional Judicial (Wo)manpower, which examined judicial delay and capacity planning. In 2017, he joined the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, where he co-authored the chapter Timely Justice: The Ease of Doing Business’ Next Frontier chapter of the Economic Survey of India (2017–18). The tax-litigation reform model developed through this work was later reflected in government policy, which in turn led to a 54% reduction in cases before the Supreme Court and the release of nearly $1 billion in long-disputed claims back into the economy (The Hindu, Hindustan Times, and The Times of India).


    Utkarsh has also been a petitioner and lawyer in India’s LGBTQ+ rights movement, contributing to the campaign for marriage equality before the Supreme Court of India (The Independent, Outlook India and NDTV).

  • Arghya Bhattacharya

    Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

    Arghya Bhattacharya, co-founder and CTO, is a leading AI and machine learning researcher. He holds a bachelor’s in computer science and a master’s in artificial intelligence from IIIT Hyderabad, with publications in leading journals like ACL, EMNLP, CoNLL, and EaMT. As the first founding engineer at Enterpret, he led the development of cutting-edge NLP models, translating AI innovations into practical solutions. His expertise spans AI-powered identity verification, ML systems for automation, and large-scale AI product development.

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    In 2024, Arghya joined Utkarsh, taking the role of Co-Founder & CTO, setting out to modernize India’s justice system through artificial intelligence. His leadership powers a platform that helps courts transcribe hearings, take dictation in local languages, and reduce case backlogs across thousands of courts.


    Arghya studied at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad), where he earned a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence. His academic work focused on multilingual NLP and low-resource language technologies capabilities now core to Adalat AI’s vernacular court-workflow solutions. IIIT-Arghya Bhattacharya


    Before launching Adalat AI, Arghya was the founding engineer at Enterpret, where he built ML for customer feedback intelligence, and later worked at Equal in identity-tech, experiences that shaped his proficiency in building mission-critical, large-scale ML systems for sensitive public-sector contexts.


    In 2025, Arghya was recognized on the Forbes “30 Under 30 Asia – Social Impact” list for his efforts to bring technology into justice delivery and reduce judicial delays at scale. Forbes The Changemakes and Activists , Forbes 30 Under 30

  • Arghya Bhattacharya

    Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

    Arghya Bhattacharya, co-founder and CTO, is a leading AI and machine learning researcher. He holds a bachelor’s in computer science and a master’s in artificial intelligence from IIIT Hyderabad, with publications in leading journals like ACL, EMNLP, CoNLL, and EaMT. As the first founding engineer at Enterpret, he led the development of cutting-edge NLP models, translating AI innovations into practical solutions. His expertise spans AI-powered identity verification, ML systems for automation, and large-scale AI product development.

    Read more

    In 2024, Arghya joined Utkarsh, taking the role of Co-Founder & CTO, setting out to modernize India’s justice system through artificial intelligence. His leadership powers a platform that helps courts transcribe hearings, take dictation in local languages, and reduce case backlogs across thousands of courts.


    Arghya studied at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad), where he earned a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence. His academic work focused on multilingual NLP and low-resource language technologies capabilities now core to Adalat AI’s vernacular court-workflow solutions. IIIT-Arghya Bhattacharya


    Before launching Adalat AI, Arghya was the founding engineer at Enterpret, where he built ML for customer feedback intelligence, and later worked at Equal in identity-tech, experiences that shaped his proficiency in building mission-critical, large-scale ML systems for sensitive public-sector contexts.


    In 2025, Arghya was recognized on the Forbes “30 Under 30 Asia – Social Impact” list for his efforts to bring technology into justice delivery and reduce judicial delays at scale. Forbes The Changemakes and Activists , Forbes 30 Under 30

  • Arghya Bhattacharya

    Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

    Arghya Bhattacharya, co-founder and CTO, is a leading AI and machine learning researcher. He holds a bachelor’s in computer science and a master’s in artificial intelligence from IIIT Hyderabad, with publications in leading journals like ACL, EMNLP, CoNLL, and EaMT. As the first founding engineer at Enterpret, he led the development of cutting-edge NLP models, translating AI innovations into practical solutions. His expertise spans AI-powered identity verification, ML systems for automation, and large-scale AI product development.

    Read more

    In 2024, Arghya joined Utkarsh, taking the role of Co-Founder & CTO, setting out to modernize India’s justice system through artificial intelligence. His leadership powers a platform that helps courts transcribe hearings, take dictation in local languages, and reduce case backlogs across thousands of courts.


    Arghya studied at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad), where he earned a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence. His academic work focused on multilingual NLP and low-resource language technologies capabilities now core to Adalat AI’s vernacular court-workflow solutions. IIIT-Arghya Bhattacharya


    Before launching Adalat AI, Arghya was the founding engineer at Enterpret, where he built ML for customer feedback intelligence, and later worked at Equal in identity-tech, experiences that shaped his proficiency in building mission-critical, large-scale ML systems for sensitive public-sector contexts.


    In 2025, Arghya was recognized on the Forbes “30 Under 30 Asia – Social Impact” list for his efforts to bring technology into justice delivery and reduce judicial delays at scale. Forbes The Changemakes and Activists , Forbes 30 Under 30

Advisory Board

  • Justice D. K. Jain

    Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of India and former Chairman, Law Commission of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice D. K. Jain

    Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of India and former Chairman, Law Commission of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice D. K. Jain

    Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of India and former Chairman, Law Commission of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice S. Muralidhar

    Former Chief Justice, High Court of Orissa

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice S. Muralidhar

    Former Chief Justice, High Court of Orissa

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice S. Muralidhar

    Former Chief Justice, High Court of Orissa

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice Gautam Patel

    Former Justice, High Court of Bombay

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice Gautam Patel

    Former Justice, High Court of Bombay

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Justice Gautam Patel

    Former Justice, High Court of Bombay

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Rebecca John

    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Rebecca John

    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Rebecca John

    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Arvind Subramanian

    Former Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Arvind Subramanian

    Former Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Arvind Subramanian

    Former Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Suvrit Sra

    Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Institute for Data Systems and Society (IDSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Suvrit Sra

    Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Institute for Data Systems and Society (IDSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Suvrit Sra

    Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Institute for Data Systems and Society (IDSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Surbhi Goel

    Dr. Surbhi Goel, Magerman Term Assistant Professor. Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Surbhi Goel

    Dr. Surbhi Goel, Magerman Term Assistant Professor. Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Dr. Surbhi Goel

    Dr. Surbhi Goel, Magerman Term Assistant Professor. Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Arvind Datar

    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Arvind Datar

    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Arvind Datar

    Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Vishal Sikka

    CEO of Vianai and former CEO of Infosys

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Vishal Sikka

    CEO of Vianai and former CEO of Infosys

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Vishal Sikka

    CEO of Vianai and former CEO of Infosys

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Russell Siegelman

    Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Russell Siegelman

    Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Russell Siegelman

    Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Mehran Sahami

    Chair of the Computer Science Department, Stanford University

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Mehran Sahami

    Chair of the Computer Science Department, Stanford University

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Mehran Sahami

    Chair of the Computer Science Department, Stanford University

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Vamshi Ambati

    PhD in AI from Carnegie Mellon, Serial Entrepreneur in Enterprise AI & Data

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Vamshi Ambati

    PhD in AI from Carnegie Mellon, Serial Entrepreneur in Enterprise AI & Data

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Vamshi Ambati

    PhD in AI from Carnegie Mellon, Serial Entrepreneur in Enterprise AI & Data

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Atul Varshneya

    Former AI leader at AWS and Samsung. Atul brings decades of expertise in AI strategy, product innovation, and scaling data science teams.

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Atul Varshneya

    Former AI leader at AWS and Samsung. Atul brings decades of expertise in AI strategy, product innovation, and scaling data science teams.

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

  • Atul Varshneya

    Former AI leader at AWS and Samsung. Atul brings decades of expertise in AI strategy, product innovation, and scaling data science teams.

    Utkarsh is a lawyer and economist. He was a law clerk with a justice of the Supreme Court of India and has been practicing law since 2012. His legal expertise and economic insights drive our strategic vision and leadership.

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It's so easy

Have questions or ideas? We’d love to hear from you. Reach out to us to learn more about our work or explore collaboration opportunities.