The Hindu Business Line : `ADRs gaining momentum'

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Kochi Feb. 15 A meeting on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanism was held under the auspices of the Kerala Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Indian Council of Arbitration, Kerala Chapter, here.

Inaugurating the meeting, the nion Minister of State for Law and Justice, Mr K. Venkatapathy, said that ADR Mechanisms are gaining momentum universally as they help to resolve disputes quickly and economically. He pointed out that ADR methods are less formal, amicable and participatory.

Though the modern ADR movement originated in the US in the early years of the 20th century, India has a long history of informal delivery of justice from royal courts to village panchayats and informal gathering of village elders, he said.

According to the Minister, conflict management and justice delivery have remained the main pillars of any civil society.

In order to modernise and computerise the District and Subordinate courts, he said the Union Government has approved a Rs 854-crore project to computerise these courts as part of a strategy to cut delays and increase efficiency.

Arbitration award

Speaking on the occasion, Justice Mr C.N. Ramachandran Nair of the Kerala High Court said that the arbitration award should be a Speaking Award , which would give the parties an opportunity to understand how the Arbitrator reached the conclusion and the courts an opportunity to intervene in the case of a dispute.

Explaining the activities of the Indian Council of Arbitration, Kerala Chapter, Mr C.P. Jain, Chairman, ICA-Kerala Chapter, said that the Chapter was popularising an alternate dispute redressal mechanism.

Mr E.S. Jose, President of the Chamber, said that the opening up of the Indian economy has brought tremendous growth in international trade and in the coming years arbitration will get more prominence than the courts to settle disputes.

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