Dhaka, June 14 -- Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today (Saturday) said making alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods mandatory is essential to address the persistent and overwhelming backlog of cases.

The ministry is taking prompt and decisive steps to implement this initiative, he said, BSS reports.

He made this remark while presiding over a view-exchange meeting organized on the draft of the Legal Aid Act (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 at the conference room of the National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) in the capital's Bailey Road.

Asif Nazrul, also the chairman of the National Governing Board of the NLASO, said the abnormal pressure of cases in the courts not only questions the judicial st...