Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Bangladesh: A Legislative Review

This paper mostly focused on the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method, which is growing increasingly popular in Bangladesh. Litigation plagues all types of courts, both lower and higher. These problems emerged as a result of flaws in the adversarial system. Bangladeshi justice seekers are frequently harassed in courtrooms. Most importantly, the majority of statutory laws, including basic civil procedural law, follow this paradigm. Furthermore, in Bangladesh’s statutory framework, the ADR system is changing. The popular system has been incorporated into approximately ten statutes in Bangladesh. Finally, the authors attempted to evaluate the true significance of other major statutes, such as the Code of Criminal Procedure, which should further integrate the ADR system in a developing and democratic country like Bangladesh.