The Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot, along with its official mascot “Dishika”, was unveiled at the DISHA programme organised by the Ministry of Law and Justice in New Delhi. Nyaya Setu is a voice-first, multilingual AI-powered legal assistant aimed at simplifying legal processes and making justice more accessible to citizens.
About Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot
- It is a multimodal platform supporting voice interaction and text-based queries
- Designed to help citizens understand legal rights and procedures and orovide guidance on next legal steps
- Available across multiple Indian languages, addressing linguistic diversity.
- Developed by the Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD)
- Ensures seamless, end-to-end voice-led user experience by integrating
BHASHINI ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition)
- Multilingual Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Conversational AI systems
Key Features
Voice-First AI Platform
- Enables users to interact through natural voice commands.
- Particularly useful for digitally less literate users and rural populations
Legal Framework Alignment
- Trained on legal frameworks such as the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
- Designed with legal guardrails to ensure safe responses and context-aware guidance
Mascot “Dishika”
- It acts as a friendly digital guide.
- It will help in enhancing user engagement, accessibility and trust, especially for first-time users
About BHASHINI Initiative
BHASHINI is India’s AI-driven language technology initiative under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Key Features of BHASHINI:
- Built and implemented by DIBD under Digital India Corporation.
- Hosts National Hub for Language Technology (NHLT) – one of the world’s largest AI inferencing platforms.
- Supports: 36 text languages and 23 voice languages
- Provides 20+ NLP services, processes over 15 million inferences daily and powers 500+ government websites.
- Supports Indian language, tribal dialects and international languages