Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): A New Key for Implementing Civil Justice in Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper discusses the emergence of implication and practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for implementing civil justice and to remove suit backlogs in the disputes resolution system of Bangladesh. Bangladesh has rich traditions of common law culture and it reflects in the existing legal system. But due to recent trends of corruption, political deadlocks and some other key obstacles the present mechanism is supposed to unable in resolving a dispute in swift and has been depriving people from the way of implementing and maintaining civil justice. There has seen some objective and subjective factors have led our civil judiciary to a situation where its demerits are ruling over the merits, manifesting in crippling backlogs and delays. This paper highlights on the role of ADR in implementing civil justice, problems and prospects, and statutory provisions of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the trial system. This Article has explored theoretical concerns underlying contemporary appeals to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the civil justice system of Bangladesh.