New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Indian legal system, as well as global jurisprudence, needs to evolve to address the growing volatility in the international economic and trade scenario, said Shaktikanta Das, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday.

Moderating a panel discussion on legal reforms needed in the country at the Kautilya Economic Conclave in New Delhi, the former Reserve Bank of India governor said legal reforms were needed at a time when multilateral institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) were "not so active".

"When economies are overcoming new challenges and issues that come up from time to time, it goes without saying that the legal architecture of any country, or for that matter, the legal...