Mumbai, June 6 -- Hon'ble Chief Justice of India Mr. Surya Kant while addressing the ICA's 4th Edition of the International Conference on "Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes" at London, today made a strong case for strengthening Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism to realise the aspiration of the free trade agreement (FTA) concluded between India and United Kingdom last year.

Hon'ble Justice Surya Kant said, "We need to strengthen the institutional arbitration that are required to ensure that party autonomy remains a guarantee of procedural fairness rather than a source of procedural contestation."

Referring to the FTA concluded between India and UK, he said it is expected to increase bilateral trade between the two nations ...