Punjab gets its first Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre

Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Sanjay Kishan Kaul today inaugurated the first Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre of Punjab here, and said it would bring in a new ray of hope for the common man to have timely justice.
Justice Kaul said mutual dialogue could play a great role in solving civil disputes like land, matrimonial, and accident cases in a time-bound manner.
On pending cases in the high court, Justice Kaul said they had set a target to solve 5,000 cases of 10 years' old by March this year.
He said the court had also identified 54,000 cases which are five-year old and they would be settled by July 31, 2014.

Stressing the need for strengthening infrastructure, he said the states of Punjab and Haryana always played a leading role in this regard as the judiciary never faced any kind of financial crunch.
Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal pitched for removing British-era laws which have lost relevance now.
Sukhbir said the ADR Centre in Bhatinda could immensely help in reducing the growing number of litigations.
ADR centres in all remaining districts would be set up in a one-and-half years' time, he added.