Changing Facets of Alternate Dispute Resolution amidst the Pandemic

Alternate dispute resolution (ADR) has been a part of justice delivery system formally and informally from more than a century. However it was codified in the recent history and has become a popular source of dispute resolution since then. Arbitration Law has become a crucial tool in the international arena to solve disputes of all nature ranging from commercial disputes to disputes between nations. Therefore India too has been actively trying to make itself an arbitration friendly regime. This will not only shed some burden off from the already burdened courts but also speed up the justice process. The Covid Pandemic has presented a unique challenge to ADR. On one hand it limits the accessibility to only technologically equipped people and on the other hand it has cut down major expenses and lengthy housekeeping issues. Countries including India have tried to capitalize on the pandemic and have not treated it as a hinderance to spread greater awareness about ADR. The private players and the legislature has to form a collective and work harmoniously to further the object and the intent of ADR in these testing times.