Our journey
From reimagining how disputes are resolved, to rewriting the rules, to deploying technology thoughtfully — we explore our journey through the experience of a litigant.
Follow the litigant’s journeyThe courts of the future won’t build themselves.
Join the mission redesigning Indian justice around the litigant, one case type at a time.
Our mission is to reimagine India’s courts so that every litigant finds justice that is seamless, timely and predictable.
About us
PUCAR is a non-profit public mission: a collective of lawyers, product builders, designers and policy minds advancing new approaches to dispute resolution, anchored by Agami.
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About DRISTI
DRISTI is the open-source operating system for people-centric courts — the platform behind PUCAR’s 24×7 ON Courts, live in Kollam and headed to more states.
Explore DRISTIOn the ground
Where we're building the future of justice.
One case type, one court, one state at a time. Pick a place to see where PUCAR's people-centric courts are live and where they're coming next.
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Learnings, perspectives and insights published across the press and the collective’s own notes.
The Indian Express9 Jun 2025
Released at 104: Lakhan Pasi's case shows us why we need people-centric courts
Taking the needs and priorities of the people as a starting point for the transformation of the courts holds radical potential for the future. What would courts designed keeping people at the centre look like?
- People Centric Courts
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EPW7 Jun 2025
Listening to the Litigant
What can listening to litigants tell us about how courts can be transformed? A lot. Two stories from litigants about their court experiences, and the questions and insights they leave behind.
- People Centric Courts
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Live Mint25 Jun 2024
Treat dispute types as the 'unit of change' to reform our justice system
Treating specific types of disputes as the unit of change can lead to more tailored, effective solutions and improve overall efficiency in handling cases.
- Reform
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Field Notes7 Jun 2024
Listening to the Litigants: Notes from a Field Study
Understanding the experience of the courts from the ordinary litigant's perspective.
- People Centric Courts
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Live Mint28 May 2024
The unit of change we aim for can make or break reforms
Success in reforms depends on focusing on broader, systemic changes rather than isolated issues, enabling more impactful and sustainable improvements.
- Reform
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Field Notes1 May 2024
Transforming Dispute Resolution: Who Holds the Key?
We can no longer imagine standing in a queue for 30 minutes to withdraw money from a bank, but we accept waiting for years to seek justice. Why this should not be the case anymore.
- Reform
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India Development Review31 Mar 2022
Can local innovations solve India's justice problem?
Local innovations, tailored to community needs, can play a crucial role in addressing gaps in India's justice system, offering more accessible and effective solutions at the grassroots level.
- Innovation
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India Development Review1 Aug 2018
Justice for all
Local innovations are quietly reshaping India's justice system. Grassroots solutions and collaborative efforts are making justice more accessible and effective.
- Innovation
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PUCAR is a collective. The work happens through people who take up a piece of it. Some of this is volunteer work, some are paid roles (permanent or temporary). This is what's open right now.
DevHigh
Paid · Permanent
How might we make DRISTI 2.0 work for a litigant on a 2G phone?
Own the litigant-facing web experience of the open-source Online Dispute Resolution platform: accessibility-first, multilingual, low-bandwidth.
- Full-time
- Remote (India) · quarterly meetups
- React
- Accessibility
- Open source
DesignModerate
Volunteer
How might we make DRISTI 2.0 reflect the litigant's real journey?
Interview litigants, lawyers, and court staff to map the real experience of navigating an Indian court, and turn it into insights the ecosystem can act on.
- 6–8 hrs/week · 3 months
- Remote (India)
- Research
- Interviews
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DevLow
Volunteer
How might we make court performance visible to everyone in DRISTI 2.0?
Help build open dashboards that make court performance legible (pendency, disposal rates, hearing patterns) on top of public judicial data.
- Flexible · ongoing
- Remote
- Open source
- Data
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LegalHigh
Paid · Temporary
How might we redesign summons and cause lists around DRISTI 2.0?
Work with a partner court to redesign one high-friction process (summons, cause lists, or adjournments) from the litigant's point of view.
- Full-time · 12 months
- Hybrid · partner court city
- Process design
- Fieldwork
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