ADRC Resolves 100 Cases Without Lengthy Litigation Process

Muhammad Rameez Published November 22, 2017 | 03:05 PM

The Alternate Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) has so far resolved 100 cases through negotiated settlement and without going into the lengthy process of litigation in the district

KHANEWAL, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Nov, 2017 ) ::The Alternate Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) has so far resolved 100 cases through negotiated settlement and without going into the lengthy process of litigation in the district.

This was stated by Civil Judge ADRC, Khanewal Hafiz Muhammad Saleem Tahir and Senior Civil Judge (Admin), Muhammad Zubair Ghauri while addressing a seminar titled "Importance of ADRCs and Role of Civil Society", organised by a NGO 'Strengthening Participatory Organisation' (SPO) here.

They said that a total of 185 cases were brought to the ADRC with the consent of both parties and 100 cases had been resolved while rest were in process. The department would continue to make untiring efforts to provide justice to the people through ADRC, a facility that enables litigants get their cases decided speedily without hiring a lawyer or going into lengthy process of litigation, they informed.

They pledged to extend full support to local body representatives, civil society forums and reconciliation committees to remove hurdles in way of dispensation of justice to the people.

Chairman District Council, Engineer Raza Sargana said that all the chairmen of union councils had been told to form reconciliation committees at their respective union councils to play a pivotal role to extend justice to the people at their doorstep.

He appealed to the civil society forums to extend support to enhance capacity of members of reconciliation committees at union councils. Jam Jamshed Iqbal, the regional director SPO and Amjad Baloch said that mechanism of extending justice to the parties through ADRCs was gaining popularity all over the world.

They said people were thankful to Chief Justice Lahore High Court for initiating ADRCs in Punjab. A large number of local councillors, UC chairman, lady health workers and other attended the seminar.