Mumbai : In India where legal reform often moves at a glacial pace, one man’s unconventional journey from chartered accountancy to justice technology is starting to attract quiet attention.
Raman Aggarwal, founder of Jupitice Justice Technologies Private Limited, didn’t begin with ambitions to overhaul the legal system but a deep curiosity about its inefficiencies and a passion for innovation gradually led him down that path.
Born and raised in a modest household in Punjab, Aggarwal struggled in academics early on—scoring just 39% in his matriculation exams and facing repeated failures during college. His initial aspiration was to become a professional badminton player. But when circumstances forced a pivot, he moved to Chandigarh in 1984 and enrolled in the Chartered Accountancy programme. He cleared the exams in just four years without any formal coaching.
His professional journey started humbly: a 90-square-foot office offering accounting services to local businesses. Over the years, he expanded into legal and financial outsourcing, building firms that eventually catered to international clients. But it was his repeated brushes with India’s slow, opaque legal system that sparked the idea for something bigger.
The idea began to take shape in 2019, when Aggarwal founded Jupitice, a digital justice platform aimed at transforming dispute resolution. By integrating technology with legal process management, the platform enables users to file cases, participate in mediation or arbitration, and obtain enforceable awards—all through a fully online experience.
Since its establishment, Jupitice has been adopted in several public justice initiatives, including state-run Digital Lok Adalats and online legal aid services. The platform is now part of a growing justice-tech ecosystem in India, an intersection of governance, technology, and public service that is still largely untapped.
Experts say Aggarwal’s work reflects a growing shift toward making justice more digital and accessible. What once felt like a distant idea resolving disputes online is now becoming real. “A few years ago, the idea of a digital court seemed unrealistic,” says a legal tech expert. “But platforms like Jupitice are showing that technology can offer fast, scalable alternatives to traditional courtrooms -and they’re already working.”
Now in his sixties, Aggarwal is still working toward his goal. “Access,” he says, “is where justice begins.” Many people in India agree, especially where long delays and complicated processes make justice hard to get.
What sets Aggarwal apart isn’t just his pivot from numbers to justice—but the simplicity of his goal: to make justice accessible, efficient, and inclusive for all. And in doing so, this soft-spoken Chartered Accountant may be redefining how India thinks about the future of justice itself.