Importance of Arbitration and Conciliation in the present scenario: with refence to Anand District of Gujarat State M Prakash George Abstract: One of the need of the hour is the establishment of proper arbitration and conciliation center wherein the process of the dispute can be settled easily without any long waiting period as we can see in the normal court process. This will save the time and court can dedicate their time is resolving the major issues while the less and least disputes can be resolved in the arbitration center which is being designated by the court through the medium of Lok Adalat which is a part and parcel of arbitration. Again, the parties to the dispute can maintain a cordial relationship rather than to have a truculent situation between the parties to the dispute. Every court should try the arbitration to resolve the dispute which are less grave in nature and save the time of the court. This way we can reduce the time of the court and also the huge backlog of the court which is increasing hugely day by day basis. Key words: Arbitration, cordial, conciliation, truculent, lok adalat. Introduction: One of the oldest systems, of dispensation the judgement in India is through the process of Arbitration where the people of the village meet and Mukhiya of the village hears the case in front of the villagers and make an fair settlement without causing any kind of damage to the relationship between the parties. This has gradually developed and formed in court. The first incidence of arbitration can be seen in the Bengal regulation where the provisions for arbitration has been mentioned in it. From the Bengal Regulation the same has been transferred to civil procedure code where a separate chapter for arbitration was allotted and with the development of time the same was inserted under section 89 of the code of civil procedure code 1908. Below is the brief history of how the arbitration and conciliation has emerged 1 in India 1 https://ylcube.com/c/blogs/broadly-speaking-evolution-arbitration-india/ last accessed on 12/02/2023