ROLE OF ADR IN SPEEDY JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA

AUTHOR – PRATYAKSH GARG, AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH

BEST CITATION – PRATYAKSH GARG, ROLE OF ADR IN SPEEDY JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (6) OF 2025, PG. 648-658, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

ABSTRACT

The Indian judiciary is confronted with an increasingly mounting backlog of cases, compromising access to timely justice for millions of pending litigations in different courts. Not only does this delay justice, but it also violates the fundamental right of a person, there in the legal maxim, justice delayed is justice denied. In such a scenario, alternate dispute resolution mechanisms have proven to be a useful tool for resolving delays in the formal judicial process. ADR encompasses procedures like arbitration, mediation, conciliation and negotiation, which offers litigants quick, cost-saving and friendly solutions to disputes. These mechanisms facilitate quick resolution of disputes while easing the court workload. The current research explores the central role played by ADR in the Indian justice system and examines its impact on decreasing case pendency along with increasing accessibility of justice for weaker and marginal sections. The research gives an elaborate account of the legal provision that regulates ADR in India, including the arbitration and conciliation act, 1996, and the legal service authorities act, 1987, which formalized Lok Adalat.

Keywords – Cost effective, Friendly solutions, Arbitration and conciliation act, Legal service authorities act, Lok Adalat.