Courts in India were established to have in place a uniform legal system on the lines of the English Courts. However, even before the advent of such formalistic models, the system was characterised by the use of non-adversarial of adjudication of legal disputes. It has witnessed the flourishing of specialised tribunals such as Kula, Shreni and Puga. These institutions are dominated with a neutral third party seeking to identify the underlining needs and concerns of the parties in dispute.