M N Mansi Kaveramma, B.B.A LL.B. (Hons), CMR School of Legal Studies
ABSTRACT
Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms were introduced into the Indian legal system as a means to reduce the burden of backlog of piling cases on the courts, the time consumed in resolving such matters, the cost factor and the going ‘by the rule book’ methods to a more humane method along with ensuring access to justice to all by eradicating the myth of fear, finance with time associated with courts in the rural areas. Inclusive of methods like mediation, arbitration, negotiation, conciliation and Lok Adalats, ADR methods have proven to be very efficient in attaining its objectives. ‘Generational gap’, ‘depression’, ‘compatibility issues’, ‘egoistic’ and ‘adjustment issues’ seem to be general taglines quite predominantly associated with today’s generation. Though personality, mental and emotional disorders were prevalent since times immortal, it is seen that Gen Z is suffering its own vices as it is falling prey more intensively to these owing to flickering external environmental changes, media exposure, prevalent experimental educational regimes and the competitive world. Juvenile delinquency and the different behavioral attributes depicted by them have left psychologists, educationists and members of the legal fraternity equally intrigued as the parents. While ADR and child psychology may appear to be poles apart, conflict resolution as a central point is what binds them together. This research article tries to explore how the adoption of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms at apt levels of education can aid conflict resolution faced by the Gen Z both within and in the external environment.
Keywords: Alternate Dispute Resolution, methods, taglines, Gen Z, vices, juvenile delinquency, child psychology, conflict resolution, levels of education
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