Methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution in India

According to the data of NJDG as on 5 August, 2022, there are 42489336 cases are pending in India, in which 10878306 are civil cases and 31611031 criminal cases. All over India 74.14% (23436618 criminal cases) and 74.76% (8132291 civil cases) are pending for more than one year. More than 71400 cases are pending in the Supreme Court of India, in which 56365 cases are civil and 15076 cases are criminal matters. More than 59 lakhs cases are pending in 25 High courts across the country. In Subordinate Courts 4.13 crores cases are pending. At present we have only a single solution of these pending cases that we must enforce Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism, so we can recover our judicial system. There is a lot of burden on our judiciary.