WORKSHOP ON “ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ODR)”

BY

Anumaarga

Dear Sir/Ma’am,

We are pleased to invite you as speaker at the “Workshop on Online Dispute Resolution,”
The event is scheduled for 2nd week in October, through online mode.

This workshop is a practical session program being curated Anumaarga.

Through this workshop, we seek to provide the participants with an in-depth knowledge of
the growing relevance of Online dispute settlement mechanisms all around the globe.

Your lecture on ODR as per you’re the topic selected by you, will be a great addition to our
event.

Details of the event has been attached in the document for your reference. We believe your
voice would be a critical addition to the workshop’s stage.

Thank you in advance for your consideration, and we very much look forward to hearing
from you.

Regards,

Deepanshu Raj

CEO Anumaarga
 Details of workshop

About Anumaarga

ANUMAARGA is an innovative-novel legal platform that aims to provide ‘LEGAL-AID’

and ‘LEGAL-EDUCATION’ over a single platform. It provides a different portal for lawyers
to communicate within its community or with people in need of Justice with intent to increase
the quality of legal aid while keeping in check the costs involved. In short, it tries to serve the
vision of uniting lawyers willing to provide legal aid with people in need of it.

ANUMAARGA aspires to provide learning to all ages by providing course and study
materials to guide students through every reputed legal field in India and abroad.

About the Workshop

This E-workshop on “Online Dispute Resolution” is especially focused on the

developments and growing relevance of dispute settlement mechanism all around the globe.
Through this workshop, we seek to provide the participants with an in-depth knowledge of
the growing relevance of Online dispute settlement mechanisms all around the globe.

Online dispute resolution (ODR) isn’t new. It’s been around for almost 20 years, starting with
the early days of ecommerce and disputes related to online transactions. In the early days,
ODR was mostly used to resolve commercial disputes. But over the years, it has gradually
expanded to include many practice areas.

The world is witnessing a situation of pandemic and the conditions are far from being normal
even in the near future. The state of affairs is dreadful as social distancing and lockdown are
the only measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 so far. The administration of justice in
India has a history of being delayed and the coronavirus has made the situation even worse.
Although the Supreme Court has allowed the online filling and hearing of cases, one cannot
neglect the fact that the judiciary is already overburdened and heavily clogged with tons of
cases. An improvised and efficient solution is required to ease pressure on courts and the
answer to this can be Online Dispute Resolution or ODR.
In India, ODR is still in its infancy stage but it is just a matter of time before ODR is adopted
at a large scale in India. The electronic form of dispute resolution tries to enable new
possibilities that were previously unavailable such as the virtual simultaneous presence of all
the parties without needing personal attendance at a particular place and time. ODR
mechanism being simple and effective has the potential to come into mainstream dispute
resolution systems and the acceptance of it cannot be called into question. In the near future,
ODR will not only serve as a platform for quick disposal of cases but also as an area of
employment for thousands of arbitrators or advocates.

Objectives of the Workshop

 To introduce or otherwise, familiarize the learners with the basic facets of the theme
and the idea emanating from it.
 To devise and deliberate upon possible solutions for the incongruities and loopholes
that exist with respect to the theme.
 To provide some basic and in-depth knowledge regarding ODR process.

Topics Covered

The workshop shall cover the History, Evolution, future of ODR in India, with special
reference to current scenario.