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'Nyaya-nomics' needed to promote economic growth through consistent adjudication: CJI

Surya Kant said consistent jurisprudence lowers transaction costs and builds trust, calling it the economics of justice.

  • On Saturday, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant addressed the 11th BRICS+ Legal Forum in New Delhi, coining "Nyaya-nomics" to describe the intersection of Rule of Law and economic conditions.
  • The forum centered on 'Rule of Law Frameworks and Institutional Capacity Building for Economic Resilience, Innovation and Sustainability,' with CJI Kant emphasizing that institutions are the architecture of growth, not scaffolding erected after development begins.
  • CJI Kant introduced "Nyaya Setu," a bridge of justice connecting 11 legal traditions, urging that trust among these nations must be cultivated deliberately rather than awaited passively.
  • "A courtroom that keeps its word quickly becomes a country the world is willing to trust with its capital," CJI Kant stated, explaining that consistent legal interpretation reduces transaction costs and spurs growth.
  • Stressing institutional capacity, CJI Kant warned that sustained growth cannot rely on geography alone, cautioning that without strong architecture, an economy is merely "a stack of good fortune waiting for its first storm.
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The Hindu broke the news in Chennai, India on Saturday, August 22, 2026.
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