New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- The journey toward accessible justice is neither linear nor short, but one that demands persistence, empathy and institutional continuity, Chief Justice of India(CJI)-designate Justice Surya Kant said on Sunday, underlining that the legal services framework in India must now move beyond widening its geographic footprint to ensuring deeper, measurable impact on the lives it seeks to transform. Speaking at the valedictory session of the National Conference on "Strengthening the Legal Aid Delivery Mechanism", Justice Kant -- currently the executive chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and set to take over as the CJI on November 24 -- called for a renewed phase of "innovation, technology-driven syst...