Historical Background of ADR in Short (BD)

In our country, civil suits are filed in the regular court but according to the proportion of the filling suit, a very small amount of suits are dismissed by the court. As a result, the court becomes an overloaded place with suits. 

To recover from the situation historical step is taken to introduce ADR In 1976, the Village Court Ordinance, 1976 was passed. This was the first legislation on ADR after the independence of Bangladesh. The Village Court Ordinance, 1976 was, subsequently, repealed by the Village Court Act, 2006. 

In 2003, by amending the code of civil procedure, sections 89A and 89B was inserted. These sections empowers the trial court to settle the dispute by ADR. Again in 2006, a new amendment is brought in the Code of Civil procedure to provide the power to Appellate court by section 89C.