Background:-
A serious thought to substitutes for litigation for dispute resolution is given all over the world. It is universally accepted that litigation is one of the ways of dispute resolution. However, litigation has its own strengths, weaknesses and limitations. It is therefore incumbent for all of us to think about Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism. We in India inherited the British adversarial legal system with its emphasis on common law and litigation. It was in the year 2002 that the Parliament of India took the first concrete step by amending the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 and included mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement and Lokadalat as alternatives to litigation.