Alternate Dispute Resolution and the Common Man

Abstract

Alternate Dispute Resolution popularly called by its generic acronym ADR, is an idea that engulfs the concepts of arbitration, mediation, conciliation and various other processes which fall outside the judicial preview. Alternate Dispute Resolution directs towards a swifter and less expensive route to justice, thereby also reducing the backlog of astronomical number of cases in the court. This process has emerged as an essential component of conflict management and judicial reform. A ray of hope and betterment binds, the process of Alternate Dispute Resolution to the common man, as people will not have to exhaust their resources for attainment of Justice.

Keywords: Altenate Dispute Reslution, Arbitration, Mediation, Conciliation