Speedy justice

Speedy justice

Governor’s administration has taken lot of steps in the recent past to provide people help in daily life. Recently State Administrative Council in a landmark decision decided to approve the draft of Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Bill seeks to provide for speedy disposal of the arbitration matters and for providing mediation and conciliation in pending arbitration matters before the court.

There is no provision in the Jammu & Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 for mediation or conciliation during pendency of petitions under section 9 or section 11 of the Act or during the proceedings for setting aside of award or pendency of appeal. New sections are being inserted to refer the pending matters to mediation or conciliation with the consent of both the parties and prescribing time-limits in arbitration proceedings. This will be an alternate way of dispute resolution and will speed up the conciliation and arbitration proceedings.

If this draft is finally implemented on the ground, the common people will get speedy justice as their disputes would be resolved and the arbitration proceedings will take very less time. Presently it takes years for the people to get the matters of arbitration resolved in courts. J&K State has to take lot of steps in order to minimize the sufferings of common people on ground. People have been waiting for resolution of their disputes by arbitration and the new draft policy will be a huge step for the mitigation of their sufferings.

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