From Dispute to Final Outcome: The Adjudix Process as a Flow Chart

Every dispute at Adjudix follows the same backbone, whatever the mechanism. The chart below shows the stages in order, and where a hybrid Med-Arb case branches depending on whether the parties settle.

The flow

1. 01Dispute arises

   A party believes the other has breached the contract, failed to pay, or otherwise wronged it.

2. 02Free consultation

   A first professional consultation to identify the right mechanism — arbitration, mediation, conciliation, Med-Arb, or Adjudix Lok Adalat.

3. 03Filing with the Secretariat

   The claimant files the request with the Secretariat, with the agreement, a short statement of the claim, and the filing fee.

4. 04Notice to the other side

   The Secretariat notifies the respondent, who files a response and any counter-claim.

5. 05Appointment of the neutral

   A mediator, conciliator, or arbitrator is appointed from the Professional Panel — by the parties, by preference ranking, or by draw of lots — after written disclosure of independence.

6. 06Mediation phase (Med-Arb and mediation)

   Joint and private sessions within an agreed window to find terms both parties can accept.

   Settled

   Terms are recorded as a settlement agreement or a consent award, binding and enforceable.

   Not settled

   In Med-Arb the case converts to arbitration, with the same neutral (Option A) or a separate one (Option B).

7. 07Arbitration

   Pleadings, case management, evidence, and hearings — online, offline, or hybrid — under the Adjudix Code of ADR Procedure.

8. 08Award

   A written, reasoned, signed award that decides the dispute and the costs.

9. 09Implementation

   Adjudix supports implementing the award or settlement, in India and abroad.

Where urgent relief fits

If a party needs protection before the tribunal exists — freezing an asset, stopping a sale — it can apply for emergency arbitration at any point before the tribunal is constituted. The emergency arbitrator's order holds the position until the tribunal takes over.