The Allahabad High Court has completed the Hindi translation of one lakh judgments, making them available free of cost on its official website. Marking the achievement on October 5, 2026, Chief Justice Arun Bhansali personally uploaded the 1,00,000th translated judgment during a programme organised to recognise the work of the Court’s SUVAS Cell.
The High Court also released a commemorative publication titled The Vernacular Voice of Justice, documenting the translation initiative’s progress from its first judgment in August 2023 to the one-lakh milestone.
The publication was brought out by the AI-Assisted Legal Translation Advisory, e-AHCR and ILR Committee under the patronage of Chief Justice Bhansali.
Judges Attend Milestone Event
The event was attended by Justice Arindam Sinha, Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Varma, members of the High Court’s Administrative Committee.
Justice Ajit Kumar, Chairman of the AI-Assisted Legal Translation Advisory, e-AHCR and ILR Committee, was also present, along with committee members Justice Sameer Jain and Justice Vikram D. Chauhan.
The judges marked the occasion by uploading judgments of their own, supporting the initiative to make judicial decisions available to lawyers and the general public in Hindi.
Justice Ajit Kumar, who guided the programme, acknowledged the contribution of the Chief Justice, participating judges and SUVAS Cell members.
Chief Justice Bhansali and the other judges appreciated the translation team’s efforts to improve public access to judicial decisions. Justice Vikram D. Chauhan delivered the vote of thanks.
Registrar General Manjeet Singh Sheoran and other senior registry officials also attended the programme.
Translation Initiative Began in August 2023
The SUVAS Cell at the Allahabad High Court was established on August 16, 2023, following an initiative undertaken during the tenure of former Chief Justice of India Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.
On January 23, 2023, Justice Chandrachud had written to the Chief Justices of all High Courts, requesting the formation of AI-Assisted Legal Translation Advisory Committees to oversee technology-based translation of judicial decisions.
The initiative was intended to make Supreme Court and High Court judgments accessible in regional languages, particularly for citizens and young advocates.
The Allahabad High Court uploaded its first Hindi-translated judgment on August 23, 2023.
The translation project subsequently reached 50,000 judgments on December 12, 2025, when Chief Justice Bhansali uploaded the milestone judgment.
The scope of the translation programme expanded from March 17, 2026, to include all final non-AFR judgments and orders extending to three pages or more.
The SUVAS Cells at Allahabad and Lucknow currently translate all AFR judgments of the High Court, qualifying final non-AFR judgments and orders, and specified Supreme Court judgments.
Over 9,000 Supreme Court Judgments Also Translated
Apart from translating one lakh Allahabad High Court judgments, the SUVAS Cell has undertaken translation work involving Supreme Court decisions.
According to information released by the High Court, the Cell translated 9,161 Supreme Court judgments in a little over two-and-a-half months and furnished them to the Supreme Court by November 25, 2023.
Its other translation work includes 363 Supreme Court judgments involving cases arising from Uttar Pradesh and reported in Supreme Court Reports.
The Cell has also translated 28 Supreme Court judgments arising from orders of the Bombay High Court and three involving orders of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, with both categories of work commencing on September 26, 2025.
Digital Publications Make Legal Material Available in Hindi
In addition to judgments, the High Court’s translation and publication initiative has produced Hindi-language digital publications.
The quarterly e-magazine Nyayabha – Nyay Ki Kiran, first launched on Constitution Day on November 26, 2024, contains articles, speeches and other legal material translated into Hindi using AI tools.
Seven editions had been published by September 2026.
The High Court has also released six digital booklets containing Hindi translations of historically significant judgments.
These include judgments relating to the Chauri Chaura case, the Keshav Singh case, the Agra Conspiracy case, the Cawnpore Bomb Blast case, the Raj Narain versus Indira Nehru Gandhi case, and the Just Rights for Children Alliance case concerning POCSO.
The publications can be accessed free of cost through the e-AHCR section of the Allahabad High Court’s official website.
The translation project is being implemented by the SUVAS Cells at Allahabad and Lucknow under the guidance of the committee chaired by Justice Ajit Kumar, with Justice Sameer Jain, Justice Vikram D. Chauhan and Justice Vivek Kumar Singh as members.
