Role of Mediation in Divorce proceedings and Marital disputes in India

Amrutha Santhosh Kumar Mediation is a discretional process of alternate dispute resolution whereby an independent, neutral third party who plays the role of a mediator assists the parties of the dispute in reaching a settlement by means of negotiations. Since the solution recommended by the third party is willingly accepted or rejected by both the

Role of Mediation in Domestic Violence Cases

– Amrutha Santhosh Kumar Domestic violence constitutes of threatening, forceful, abusive, violent or coercive acts inflicted by a member of a family upon another member within the household. The abusive act committed must be provable by way of evidence in a court of law. Since most of the domestic violence cases occur within the privacy

International Commercial Arbitration in India

– Amrutha Santhosh Kumar With the advent of globalization, liberalization regimes and the rapid advancement in international business relationships, it has become imperative to have a quick amicable method of resolving disputes at the international frontier. Arbitration is one of the most sought out methods of dispute resolution wherein an amicable settlement is reached by

Evolution of Arbitration Act in India

– Amrutha Santhosh Kumar Ever since its inception, the Arbitration Act in India has been repeatedly subjected to scrutiny by both the legislative and judicial fraternity alike. The Arbitration Act was formally enacted in the year 1940 during the British regime, and it applied to the whole of India at that point of time (including

Alternative Dispute Resolution as a tool for Commercial Insurance Dispute.

Isheta Boruah For a number of years, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has been used successfully as an efficient tool for resolving a wide range of insurance-related conflicts. Examples include the use of arbitration, as well as subrogation disputes between carriers, to settle uninsured motorist and no-fault situations. Arbitration has been the preferred way of settling

The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Rights.

-Isheta Boruah In the last few decades, international transactions have multiplied. There is a spike in diplomatic conflicts due to this surge in cross-border transactions. New forms of intellectual property (IP) disputes will arise from global challenges such as the digital world, climate change issues, access to healthcare, the defence of traditional information (TK), traditional

Resolving Medical Malpractices through Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Isheta Boruah Patients’ safety and medical error prevention is a common interest pursuit by patients, professionals, and lawyers in healthcare. Unfortunately, when bad results arise, consessus terminates. Traditionally, conflicts over “how” and “why” are resolved by litigation. Since clinicians tend to minimise the negative effects of disciplinary proceedings, the information that contributed to an adverse

DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF ODR

Online Dispute Resolution is the resolution of disputes, particularly small- and medium-value cases, using digital technology and techniques of alternate dispute resolution (ADR), such as negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. While courts are becoming digitized through the efforts of the judiciary, more effective, scalable, and collaborative mechanisms of containment and resolution are urgently needed. On June

Online Arbitration in E-commerce disputes

Ankita Chaturvedi Introduction Currently, most transactions are moving towards digital locations. The purpose of using the Internet varies from person to person. Some are using the internet for social media purposes. Websites like Facebook and Instagram to keep people in touch with their friends and family. Another common purpose of using the Internet is its

Arbitrability of Banking Disputes

Prakhar Chandel Introduction Over the years, arbitration has developed its roots in many fields private or government. In the context we will study what is arbitration, different type of dispute resolution beside the judicial process its application of general rule and principles and how does arbitration deals with banking disputes? We will restrict our analysis