The workshop brought together members of the judiciary, academia, legal practitioners, researchers, civil society organisations and students to deliberate on constitutional governance, indigenous rights, community participation, ecological justice and access to justice.

Delivering the opening remarks, HNLU Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) V. C. Vivekanandan emphasised that access to justice should be evaluated from the perspective of the most vulnerable citizens. He proposed initiatives including Community Justice Fellows, AI-based translation of legal notices into indigenous languages, Legal Health Clinics, Mobile Constitutional Caravans and Indigenous Wisdom Councils.

In his inaugural address, Justice Arvind Kumar Verma described access to justice through the framework of "sasta, sulabh, swachh nyaya"—affordable, accessible and fair justice—and stressed the need for culturally responsive and community-sensitive justice delivery. The technical sessions focused on constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes, habitat and forest rights, Gram Sabha governance, community forest resource management, biodiversity conservation and the practical barriers faced by indigenous communities in accessing legal remedies and state institutions.

The programme featured Mr. Avinash Dubey, Secretary, District Legal Service Authority, Raipur; Dr. Geetanjoy Sahu, Dean, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; and resource persons from the Centre for Social Justice and the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru. The workshop was designed by Dr. Ayan Hazra, Head of the Centre for Law and Indigenous People. Dr. Deepak Srivastav, Registrar in Charge, welcomed the gathering, while Dr. Avinash Samal delivered the valedictory summary. Ms. Shreya Kesri and Ms. Tanzeel served as student anchors.

A major highlight of the programme was the release of the inaugural issue of Aaranyaka, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to scholarship on law, indigenous communities, constitutional governance, ecology and transformative justice. The workshop concluded with a call for stronger research collaboration, legal literacy initiatives, community-centred justice mechanisms and policy engagement to strengthen inclusive, accountable and transformative justice systems in India.