Andhra Pradesh High Court judge Justice D.V.S.S. Somayajulu on Tuesday said Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods should be encouraged as they worked faster and were less expensive than going to a court.
Addressing the inaugural session of a two-day workshop on ADR methods - (Arbitration) for engineers of the Panchayat Raj department, Justice Somayajulu said the ADR mode saved time and money.
He lauded the efforts of the Regional Centre of The International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR), for its efforts in promotion and propagating ADR methods in the State.
Justice Somayajulu also explained to the participants about how to include arbitration clause in tenders, contracts and the procedure of arbitration and its usefulness in execution of contracts.
Amaravati centre
J.L.N. Murthy, Regional Centre in charge and secretary, ICADR, said construction of the Regional Centre would start at Amaravati soon. He also explained the salient features of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The amendment made to the Act would facilitate improvement of institutional arbitration by establishing an independent body to lay down standards, make the arbitration process more flexible and cost-effective ensuring timely disposal of cases.
He said the Government of Telangana had directed various departments to refer pending cases of arbitration to the ICAR’s Regional Centre in Hyderabad and said the A.P. government could do the same. Panchayat Raj Chief Engineer D. Sudheer Babu also spoke.