Justice at Cross Roads a A Critical Analysis of the Functioning of the Indian Judicial System and the Need for an Alternative

Bittoo Rani

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Bittoo Rani

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access to justice alternative dispute resolution, adjudication, arbitration, disputant, docketexplosion, indian judicial system, litigation, mediation

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Justice at Cross Roads a A Critical Analysis of the Functioning of the Indian Judicial System and the Need for an Alternative. (2015). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 15(A6), 1-13. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/100971

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