A STUDY ON ROLE OF MEDIATION AS DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM WITH RESPECT TO MATRIMONIAL DISPUTES

AUTHOR – RAHUL V, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCE (SIMATS), CHENNAI

BEST CITATION – RAHUL V, A STUDY ON ROLE OF MEDIATION AS DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM WITH RESPECT TO MATRIMONIAL DISPUTES, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (11) OF 2025, PG. 107-122, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

Among Social Institutions marriage and family are important institutions. They form the basis of society. From time immemorial, marriage is considered to be sacrament, permanent, indissoluble in Hindu mythology while in religions such as Muslims, Parsis, Christians etc marriage is nothing but is a special civil contract. With the evolution of society, the concept of marriage also changed. Such an attitude of society towards marriage has not only affected the morality in society but at the same time has also flooded the Indian Judiciary with millions of pending litigations. In order find the alternative for this problem  it was found that Alternative Dispute Resolution forums such as Mediation is an effective solution for dealing with matrimonial dispute as Matrimonial Mediation saves precious time, energy and money of parties, apart from saving them from the harassment and hassles of a prolonged litigation. Its procedure is simple, informal and confidential and reduces worry and tension associated with litigation. The main objective of this paper is to study how mediation is helping in resolving disputes between parties. The paper has conducted an empirical study with primary and secondary sources with the response of 200. The results provide that mediation reduces the burden of Indian judiciary as well as solve the issue among parties without much struggles.

KEYWORD: mediation, disputes, mythology, sacrament, matrimonial.