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A Unique Collaborative Venture of Arbitrators in India
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Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) through Mediation and Arbitration has been hailed as the next revolution in the judicial administration in India. Increasing costs of litigation and delays have always been a source of concern for those who believe that a good dispute resolution mechanism is the essence of commercial progress. ADR holds the promise for economical and quick dispensation of justice through negotiation and intermediation.

Future for ADR as a practice is therefore  very bright.

However, not all logically correct ideas become a reality in this imperfect world. If there is a perception that ADR is an improvement over the current system, there should logically be a group  who benefit from the existing inefficient system who would like the introduction of the concept delayed to the extent possible.

Hence despite the honest intention of the Judicial reformers in India, it is not easy for the ADR system to take root and develop.

As has been the tradition of Naavi, if something is considered good for the community, efforts will not be spared to make such things happen. Now under the same principle, Naavi has undertaken a mission to develop ADR in India through a massive collaborative movement across India with the appropriate use of technology.

This project www.arbitration.in has been conceived in a unique manner where all interested persons will collaborate through the portal to develop a sharable ICT asset to conduct commercial arbitrations across the county.

The project envisages that in each district headquarters in every state there will be a "District Coordinator". Each State will have a "State Coordinator". These coordinators will keep physical contact with arbitrators and mediators in their respective areas and act as catalysts to make the end users ..arbitrators, mediators and dispute clients utilize the services of the portal beneficially.

All the coordinators will function as collaborative partners to the venture.

Arbitrators and Mediators who are qualified in their own areas of specialization will be enrolled as members to the system and will be the backbone of the portal. They will also function as collaborative partners to the venture.

The portal will immediately provide offline back office support to the member arbitrators and will soon put in place a legally compliant  online arbitration facility where by disputes can be resolved online without the need for parties to assemble in a common physical space.

The necessary technology support which will make it a globally unique proposal will be provided by appropriate technology partners.

The portal will enable individual arbitrators to use their own rules, regulations and tariff to render their services. A standard package will also be made available for those who would like to adopt the model suggested by the portal.

The entire process is intended to establish ADR at grass root levels using ICT benefits.

Yes, it is an ambitious project.....may be a mission which takes time to accomplish...may need participation from many investors, technology supporters, arbitrators, Governments etc.....may be there will be hurdles in plenty.

But a beginning has been made and I invite all interested persons to lend their support and make this ADR revolution a reality.

(Visit www.arbitration.in for more details. Contact Naavi for registering as coordinator for any given district)

Naavi

May 15, 2005

 

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