Alternate Dispute Resolution

Description
I remember being surrounded by law books as well as discussions on legal matters in my family from my early student life. The thought that I would be writing on legal matters never entered my mind when I was a student. Much less did I ever contemplate being involved in writing a law textbook! However, want to share that this motivation came from my father who agreed to assist me by contributing his legal professional experience of more than 50 years in which he has appeared in court representing clients and performed transactional work assisting clients in matters that have touched on all subjects covered in this textbook. I have, in my service of more than 30 years, gained substantial experience in handling how the legal system works especially matters concerning Arbitration and Mediation.
The present book on the Alternate Dispute Resolution is an amalgamation of both the theoretical and practical knowledge of the authors. The book gives the reader a simplified insight into the various technical and legal issues of the Alternate Dispute Resolution especially arbitration and Mediation in an easily understandable form. New cases and simplified examples have made the concepts very clear and I am sure all the readers would find this edition quite useful in their study.
Finally, I sincerely trust that you find this book very readable and highly relevant to your studies in business or a related field. The book will be found very useful for students pursuing LL.B., both 3 years and 5 years courses.
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Table of Contents
UNIT I
Background
Chapter 1 Alternative Dispute Resolution                                             
Chapter 2 ADR in India                                                                         
Chapter 3 Lok Adalats                                                                           
Chapter 4 Plea Bargaining                                                                      
UNIT II
Arbitration
PART I
Chapter 1 International Law on Arbitration                                           
Chapter 2 Institutes of Arbitration                                                         
PART II
Chapter 3 Arbitration in India & Preliminary                                         
Chapter 4 Arbitration Agreement                                                           
Chapter 5 Arbitral Tribunal                                                                    
Chapter 6 Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals                                           
Chapter 7 Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings                                           
Chapter 8 Making of Arbitral Award and Termination of Proceedings
Chapter 9 Recourse against an arbitral award                                        
Chapter 10 Finality and enforcement of arbitral awards                          
Chapter 11 Appeal                                                                                    
Chapter 12 Miscellaneous                                                                         
PART III
Enforcement of Certain Foreign Awards
Chapter 13 New York Convention Awards                                             
Chapter 14 Geneva Convention Awards                                                 
PART IV
Conciliation
Chapter 15 Conciliation                                                                            
PART V
Supplimentary Provisions
Chapter 16 Supplementary Provisions                                                      
UNIT III
Mediation
Chapter 1 The Singapore Convention on Mediation: An Overview      
Chapter 2 Mediation Act, 2023: Preliminary                                         
Chapter 3 Mediation                                                                               
Chapter 4 Mediators                                                                               
Chapter 5 Mediation Proceedings                                                          
Chapter 6 Enforcement of Mediated Settlement Agreement                
Chapter 7 Mediation Council of India                                                   
Chapter 8 Mediation Service Providers and Mediation Institutes         
Chapter 9 Community Mediation                                                           
Chapter 10 Miscellaneous

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Author Details

Gulzari Lal Sharma: He has the distinction of having two degrees BSc and LL.B. He started his career as a lawyer in District Court and has been a thorough professional in his approach towards legal profession. He has the experience of more than 50 years in civil litigation matters, IPC, Criminal Laws, Financial legal advisor to State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of India. He has participated in various national level seminars and conferences relating to civil laws, financial management and has been the vice president of Bar Council in District Court.
He is actively guiding and mentoring his subordinates. He has represented various clients in arbitration matters in various courts and successfully defended their cases within the ambit of law. He has tried to pen down this book in order to provide an insight of the prevailing Arbitration Act and its proceedings for the beginners, students and any keen enthusiast who at times face lots of queries. Their concerns are being tried to be cleared through the various chapters in this book

Raman Kumar Sharma: Raman Kumar Sharma, a defence official, having a special taste in law, got encouraged during his service period to write on the Arbitration Act. During the entire service period of more than 30+ years, he worked in more than 500 civil construction contracts which included land acquisitions, and arbitration proceedings. Significantly, his successfully defending most of the arbitration cases in favour of the organisation was the turning point for him to once again get connected with the law which was already there in his mind since his early school days when he used to assist his father Advocate Gulzari Lal Sharma.
Also, his successful defending the Government undoubtedly provided him the rich practical experience in this field and also encouraged him to have more in-depth knowledge of various law subjects like the Law of contract, the Law of arbitration, and Land acquisition law. He participated in various national and international seminars and conferences relating to defence and humanitarian law and won various awards. He was also the chief guest on various occasions like Amrit Ka Amrit Mahotsav at the department of laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His lecture on International law relating to the peaceful settlement of disputes under International law with special reference to Russia v Ukraine at various law colleges in Punjab was appreciated by the authorities.
Currently, perusing various degrees and courses in diverse areas such as a Master of Business Administration Course and the WIPO Course on IPRs, and the IGNOU Certificate course on International Humanitarian law will further help him in sharpening his law skills. His participation in various executive appointments during his service period and while acting as Director of land ports authority of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, gave him an opportunity to understand and implement the law in the true sense.
Last but not least, he received a distinguished services award and his contribution to various work and bilateral projects have been appreciated by none other than the Hon'ble PM of India.