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An AI-powered legal awareness assistant for the Indian legal system that explains rights, laws, and procedures in simple, multilingual conversation. Built with IBM Watsonx, it guides users through legal processes, shares official resources, and helps bridge the gap between law and citizens.

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VIDHI – Digital Legal Guide for Empowering the Unaware to Access Justice

VIDHI Interface

A snapshot of VIDHI running on IBM Watsonx AI platform


📜 Project Overview

VIDHI is an AI-powered legal awareness and justice access assistant built for the Indian legal system.
It helps people understand their rights, laws, and legal procedures under Indian law, and guides them towards justice in a clear, simple, and respectful manner.


🎯 Problem Statement

In India, common citizens—especially in rural and marginalized communities—are often unaware of their legal rights and the correct procedures to seek justice.
This lack of awareness leads to exploitation, delayed justice, and mistrust in the legal system.


✅ Solution

VIDHI bridges this gap by:

  • Explaining laws and rights in simple, jargon-free language.
  • Offering multilingual support for better accessibility.
  • Providing step-by-step guidance for filing complaints and accessing remedies.
  • Sharing official helplines, government resources, and legal aid contacts.
  • Covering multiple legal categories such as Criminal, Civil, Family, Labour, Consumer, and Cyber laws.

🛠️ Technology Stack

  • IBM Watsonx Assistant – Conversational AI
  • Watson Natural Language Understanding (NLU) – Intent detection & query understanding
  • Watson Language Translator – Multilingual capabilities
  • IBM Cloud – Hosting & deployment
  • LangGraph (ReAct Framework) – Agent orchestration
  • Google Search API & Wikipedia Search – Information retrieval

📂 Features

  • 📚 Legal Awareness – Based on the Indian Constitution, IPC, CrPC, and special acts.
  • 🌍 Multilingual Support – Hindi, English, and regional languages.
  • 🗂️ Multiple Legal Domains – Criminal, Civil, Family, Labour, Consumer, Cyber, and more.
  • 🔍 Search Integration – Fetches latest relevant info via Google & Wikipedia.

📸 Screenshots : Deployed AI Agent - Preview and working


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🎥 Demo Video - AI Agent working demonstration


🗂️ Files Description

  • demonstration/ – Contains screenshots and working video of the project.
  • LegalAid.ipynb – Jupyter Notebook with the AI Agent implementation.
  • Project_Document.pdf – Detailed project report.
  • README.md – Project overview and documentation.
  • LICENSE – Project license.

🚀 How to Run the Project

  1. Clone this repository
    git clone https://github.com/SrushtiKumar/VIDHI_LegalAid_AIAgent.git

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