An Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) was inaugurated by Justice Raghubir Dash of the Odisha High Court in the premises of district judicial court at Nuapada on Saturday. The centre was unveiled in the presence of the District Judge Krushna Chandra Ratha, judicial magistrates of all JMFC courts of the district and district Collector Jayakumar V. Addressing a gathering of lawyers, officials, intellectuals and mediapersons, Justice Dash said this was the 10th ADRC in the State and eight more centres would be opened very shortly. He further stated that the ADRCs would act as mediation centres to help people avail legal services at doorstep. “This will facilitate speedy disposal of pending cases and provide justice to people in time,” he said.
Justice Dash also informed that Odisha has achieved the fourth position in the country in disposal of cases in the Seond National lok Adalat. “Two lakh forty-nine thousand cases in Odisha were disposed of in the Second National lok Adalat,” he informed. Member-Secretary of State legal Services Authority Sashikant Mishra, District Bar Association president Prem Kumar Azad and District Civil Bar Association president Ghasiram Majhi were also present on the occasion.