Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

For the first time in our legal system the provision with regard to ADR has been introduced by amending the Code of Civil Procedure.  In chapter V of Artha Rin Adalat Ain, the provisions of ADR have also been incorporated.  Surely, this concept is a denovo in our civil justice delivery system.  Now ADR has come within the domain of civil procedure code.

By the recently enacted sections 89A / 89B of CPC, the ADR system (mediation and arbitration) has been introduced, the two terms ‘mediation’ and ‘arbitration’.  Section 89A lays down that except in a suit under the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 1990 (Act. No 4 of 1990).