Alternative Dispute Resolution or ADR may be defined as a range of procedures that

serves alternatives to litigation through the courts for the resolution of disputes, generally
involving the assistance of a neutral and impartial party. Alternative Dispute Resolution
provides an alternative instead of going to court to settle disagreements and widely motivated
by fact that it is said to reduce the costs and delays litigation.. Modes of conducting ADR
include arbitration, where disagreeing parties agree to be bound by the decision of an
independent third party, mediation where a third party attempts to arrange a settlement
between the two sides and adjudication