Religious and community dispute resolution a socio legal study of Indo American perspectives

Abstract

The field of Dispute Resolution has witnessed a worldwide expansion in recent years.1 Dispute Resolution expansion in the United States started in the late 1970 s and has now, gradually, expanded to all U.S. States.2 The present researcher is interested in comparative analysis of religious and community dispute resolution techniques and processes, especially how the practices relates to cultural practices, from the time, the present researcher had the pleasure to work on Arbitration and Conciliations matters at the Hon ble Supreme Court of India under the guidance of Hon ble Justice R.C. Lahoti, the 35th Chief Justice of India. Justice Lahoti gave the important keynote address on the future of mediation and conciliation in India; newline As a young over-enthusiastic district judge, having developed a mania for disposal of cases, a sane advice was given to me by an elderly senior counsel 25 years back from today. Affectionately he told me My dear young judge! Take it easy. During my 50 years of practice, I have seen many judges being finished, but I have never seen the Court work being finished . newline