Topic : Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.
3. Discuss the prospects of online dispute resolution to the Indian judiciary. Do you agree that it provides for an opportunity to give more people access to justice and ease the burden on the courts? (250 words)
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
The article presents to us in detail the possible prospects of online dispute resolution to Indian Judiciary.
Key Demand of the question:
Discuss in detail the prospects of online dispute resolution and in what way It can aid more accessibility to justice and help in easing the burden of the courts.
Directive:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you have to debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You have to give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start by suggesting that the Covid-19 pandemic continues to challenge traditional services’ delivery, including access to justice and effective justice delivery.
Body:
Given the worrying situation in terms of pendency and time taken for resolution of disputes, the pandemic has led to introspection and an immediate pivot to fast-tracking innovation led by technology.
Suggest that for efficient justice delivery will require the intervention of technology and a two-pronged approach towards dispute avoidance and dispute resolution and in such a situation online dispute resolution (ODR) could have a significant role in pre-empting disputes at the avoidance and containment stages.
Talk about the potential of ODR, its advantages and concerns if any.
Conclusion:
Conclude with way forward.
