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Indian Chambers of Arbitration & Mediation (ICAM)

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INTRODUCTION

The Indian Chambers of Arbitration and Mediation (ICAM) is a welfare initiative by CADRE Trust, led by Chief Trustee Sh. S.N. Shukla, registered under No. 213/2023. Managed by a committee of legal experts, ICAM specializes in Arbitration, Mediation, and Conciliation, offering state-of-the-art facilities, predefined rules, fair pricing, and exceptional administrative support.

ICAM’s mission is to empower society with the tools for productive dialogue and sustainable change by providing:

  • Innovative Resolution-An innovative platform for resolving commercial disputes cost-effectively through a blend of technology, human expertise, and innovation
  • Global Outlook-Arbitral rules that incorporate the latest global practices tailored to the Indian context.
  • Assured Efficiency-A dedicated and experienced secretariat ensuring efficient, flexible, cost-effective, and impartial administration of arbitration proceedings.
ICAM, supported by the state-of-the-art Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) tool, Just Settle (accessible at www.justsettle.in), integrates technology with established alternative dispute resolution methods like arbitration, mediation, and conciliation. ICAM, powered by Just Settle, aims to revolutionize dispute resolution by providing efficient ADR mechanisms outside traditional courtrooms. This platform connects arbitrators, mediators, and litigants through technology, offering seamless, cost-effective, and time-bound solutions that cater to the needs of all parties involved.
Just Settle promotes a culture of peaceful dispute resolution using technology, ensuring justice delivery is seen as an accessible and robust service rather than a courtroom-bound process.

CHIEF TRUSTEE

Cadre Trust, dedicated to promoting Alternate Dispute Resolution, is led by Sh. S.N. Shukla, who holds a Diploma in Coop Business Management from Czechoslovakia. He retired as AGM at Kangra Central Cooperative Bank and served as honorary secretary at the Una sub-centre, Indian Institute of Bankers, from 1989 to 1991 and 1996 to 2008. Known for his philanthropy and social service, Sh. Shukla has received multiple awards for his selfless contributions.

ORGANIZATION

The Indian Chambers of Arbitration and Mediation is curated and run by a not–for–profit organization (CADRE–Trust) with branch offices Pan–India and functions under the structure of a Governing Council of Arbitration & Mediation and a dedicted Secretariat.

ICAM GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council oversees the organization’s strategic direction, policies, and activities. Composed of legal experts, business leaders, and academicians, it sets the Chamber’s mission, ensures ethical standards, and advances alternative dispute resolution. The Council updates arbitration and mediation rules, manages a panel of experts, and fosters collaboration and knowledge sharing. It also supports the Cadre Trust, the parent non-profit organization, enhancing the Chamber’s impact and credibility in dispute resolution.

ICAM SECRETARIAT

The Secretariat of ICAM serves as the central administrative hub, ensuring the smooth operation of dispute resolution processes. It acts as a liaison between parties, arbitrators, and mediators, facilitating communication, managing documentation, and coordinating logistical arrangements for hearings and meetings. The Secretariat plays a pivotal role in upholding procedural integrity, maintaining records, and safeguarding the confidentiality of sensitive information. Additionally, it provides essential support services, including fee administration, procedural guidance, and technological integration to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of the dispute resolution mechanism.

WHY ICAM?

1.Neutral: – ICAM is a neutral, independent, chamber of arbitration that has been created and run by not-for-profit organization (CADRE- Charitable Trust) that facilitates the impartial administration of arbitration proceedings.

2.Flexible: – The Arbitration Rules of the ICAM (“ICAM Rules”) reflect the best alternate resolution process practices implemented worldwide and are flexible, simple, and adaptable to parties’ needs. It offers a hybrid platform for conducting the proceedings giving the parties a fair opportunity to put forth their case in accordance to the principles of natural justice.

3.Technology Oriented: – Well equipped interface – Just Settle, which includes automated online filing facilities, a website, case management and other features.

4.Efficacious Secretarial Services: The operations of ICAM shall be in the hands of a Secretariat that boasts of a proficient and qualified staff with vast experience in handling the secretarial work for Alternative Resolution Process(es).

5.Case Management: – To ensure adherence to the cause lists and sooth coordination for a seamless process flow each arbitrator/tribunal shall be assigned a dedicated officer from the secretariat to act as case management assistant.

6.Supervision: – The ICAM Secretariat supervises the conduct of arbitration proceedings under the ICAM Arbitration Rules. This helps to ensure adherence to procedural timelines and eases the administrative burden on the parties and arbitrators.

7.Multi-Party and Multi-contract arbitrations: – The ICAM ARbitration Rules contain specific provisions that deal with issues of multi-party and multi-contract arbitrations, which improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of proceedings.

8.Scrutiny of award: – The ICAM Aritration Rules provide for the scrutiny of draft awards by the Registrar before they are released to the parties. Without affecting the Arbitral Tribunal’s liberty to come to a decision, the scrutiny process helps reduce the likelihood of administrative errors in the award and makes enforcement of problems less likely.

9. Admission: – There are strict admission standards for the ICAM Panel of Arbitrators & Mediators, thus ensuring absolute neutrality and effectiveness for achieving the desired resolutions.

10. Rich heritage: – The centre’s vision and mission are completely in line with the essence of piousness & fair justice by embracing the spirit of modernisation deeply entwined with its core values in sacrosanctity.

11. Expeditious: – We prioritize timely resolution, ensuring that the dispute resolution process is concluded within a specified timeframe on Just Settle.

12. Cost-effective:- Our streamlined process saves litigants significant costs typically incurred in litigation, allowing them to allocate resources towards more economically productive pursuits.

13. Enforceable: – Arbitral awards issued through our online dispute resolution mechanism are legally enforceable as decrees by civil courts, providing assurance and legitimacy to the resolution process.

14. Paperless:- Committed to environmental sustainability, we conduct the entire arbitration and mediation process without using a single piece of paper, minimizing our ecological footprint.

WHY ICAM?

The ICAM Aritration Rules provide for the scrutiny of draft awards by the Registrar before they are released to the parties. Without affecting the Arbitral Tribunal’s liberty to come to a decision, the scrutiny process helps reduce the likelihood of administrative errors in the award and makes enforcement of problems less likely.
There are strict admission standards for the ICAM Panel of Arbitrators & Mediators, thus ensuring absolute neutrality and effectiveness for achieving the desired resolutions.
The centre’s vision and mission are completely in line with the essence of piousness & fair justice by embracing the spirit of modernisation deeply entwined with its core values in sacrosanctity.
We prioritize timely resolution, ensuring that the dispute resolution process is concluded within a specified timeframe on Just Settle.
Our streamlined process saves litigants significant costs typically incurred in litigation, allowing them to allocate resources towards more economically productive pursuits.
Arbitral awards issued through our online dispute resolution mechanism are legally enforceable as decrees by civil courts, providing assurance and legitimacy to the resolution process.
Committed to environmental sustainability, we conduct the entire arbitration and mediation process without using a single piece of paper, minimizing our ecological footprint.
ICAM is a neutral, independent, chamber of arbitration that has been created and run by not-for-profit organization (CADRE- Charitable Trust) that facilitates the impartial administration of arbitration proceedings.
The Arbitration Rules of the ICAM (“ICAM Rules”) reflect the best alternate resolution process practices implemented worldwide and are flexible, simple, and adaptable to parties’ needs. It offers a hybrid platform for conducting the proceedings giving the parties a fair opportunity to put forth their case in accordance to the principles of natural justice.
Well equipped interface – Just Settle, which includes automated online filing facilities, a website, case management and other features.
The operations of ICAM shall be in the hands of a Secretariat that boasts of a proficient and qualified staff with vast experience in handling the secretarial work for Alternative Resolution Process(es).
To ensure adherence to the cause lists and sooth coordination for a seamless process flow each arbitrator/tribunal shall be assigned a dedicated officer from the secretariat to act as case management assistant.
The ICAM Secretariat supervises the conduct of arbitration proceedings under the ICAM Arbitration Rules. This helps to ensure adherence to procedural timelines and eases the administrative burden on the parties and arbitrators.
The ICAM ARbitration Rules contain specific provisions that deal with issues of multi-party and multi-contract arbitrations, which improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of proceedings.
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