Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Saturday said that the newly adopted system of Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (ADR) would bring a new ray of hope for common men engaged in protracted litigation as it will provide timely justice.
After inauguration the first ADR centre of the State along with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at Judicial Complex here, Justice Kaul addressing a seminar on “Access to Justice-Role of ADR Mechanism” said that mutual dialogue could play a big role in resolving the civil disputes like land, matrimonial and accidental cases in a time bound manner besides benefiting economically the litigants in an inexpensive justice.
He said that a vibrant panel would assist the parties to make them compromise and settle their disputes to satisfaction of both and an agreement reached by the parties on settlement of the issue would be legally valid and binding. Stressing upon the necessity for strengthening infrastructure of judiciary, Justice Kaul informed that Punjab and Haryana State Governments have always played a leading roles in this regard and the judicial courts never faced any kind of financial crunch.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal stressed to eliminate the age old laws enacted by the Britishers that have become totally irrelevant and unnecessary in the present times. He said that due to the growth in population, emergence of technology and expansion in urbanisation, nature of cases was being transformed day by day besides registering a hefty increase in litigations, which could only be solved through mutual and coordinated systems like ADR centres.