• Dr N. Bhagya Lakshmi

The prime and significant goal or objective of every legal system is to provide justice and access to justice is one of the cherished goals, which is the sine qua non for the existence of a democratic and civilized state. It is, therefore, one of the prime functions of a welfare state to provide adequate dispute-resolution mechanisms and indeed in a democratic society people must have effective access to such dispute resolution mechanisms as the maxim ‘ubi jus ibi remedium’ cannot be permitted to be reduced to an empty promise. In a fast-advancing society human needs are bound to multiply resulting into conflict of interests. People become more cognisant about their individual rights and litigation becomes an inevitable part of their life due to rising commonness of disputes among them. The problem is further compounded when there is lack of discipline in the litigation process and judicial mechanism finds it difficult to cope with the enormous caseload. Particularly, in a modern technologically and economically well-advanced society, litigation is a primary means of resolving disputes. When it fails to meet the needs of the people there is obvious need to search for new alternative methods of dispute resolution. Litigation takes several years to arrive at a settlement between the spouses. In the meanwhile, they lose lot of their primetime and litigation also has the effect on their career. The application of alternative dispute resolution methods in criminal cases has been steadily increasing. It has become the new trend, not only because it is less expensive, but also because it takes less time, and we all know how many cases are pending in Indian courts. As a result, ADR is required to facilitate and expedite the resolution of cases. This paper aims to explain that offences or crimes against women which are heinous in nature are not sustainable to compromise or settled out of the court by invoking alternative dispute resolution methods.

Heinous Crimes & ADR, Crimes against Women, Settlement of criminal cases, Sexual Offences & Compromise

"CRIME AGAINST WOMEN & ADR: APPROPRIATE OR ALTERNATIVE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no.a584-a590, November-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111075.pdf

"CRIME AGAINST WOMEN & ADR: APPROPRIATE OR ALTERNATIVE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no. ppa584-a590, November-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111075.pdf