SUMMARY OF CONTENTS DECLARATION; CERTIFICATE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; SUMMARY OF CONTENTS ; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PRELIMINARY ; METHOD ; SCOPE AND LIMITATION ; AIMS AND OBJECTIVE ; CHAPTERIZATION ; RESEARCH QUESTIONS ; HYPOTHESES ; SOURCES OF DATA; MODE OF CITATION ; CHAPTER 1: ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN INDIA: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ; 1.1.DEFINITION OF JUSTICE ; 1.2.THE ANCIENT PERIOD ; 1.2.1. Access to Justice; 1.2.2. Delivery of Justice; 1.2.3. Role of King in Ancient India in order to delivery of Justice ; 1.2.4. Principle of Dharma and Rajdhanna ; 1.2.5. Duties of a King ; 1.3.THE MUGHAL PERIOD ; Sher Shah Suri (1540- 1555); Akbar (1556- 1606) ; l.4. THE BRITISH PERIOD ; CHAPTER-2: ACCESS TO JUSTICE UNDER THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION ; 2.1. THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION ; 2.2. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION ; CHAPTER-3: HINDRANCES TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE ; 3.1. COURT FEES ; 3.2. ADVOCATE FEES ; 3.3. LAW OF LIMITATION ; 3.4. LOCUS STANDI ; 3.5. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT ; CHAPTER-4: THE WAY OUT: CIVIL JUSTICE ; 4.1. ROLE OF ADMINISTRATOR IN ACCESS TO JUSTICE ; 4.1.1 Present System of Delivery of Justice ; 4.1.2 Administrator in Delivery 'of Justice ; 4.2 ROLE OF ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION ; 4.2 .1 Conciliation ; 4.2 .2 Mediation ; 4.2.3 Arbitration ; CHAPTER·5: THE WAY OUT: CRIMINAL JUSTICE ; CHAPTER-6: THE WAY OUT: ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN DOMESTIC RELATION ; 6.1. WOMEN'S RIGHTS ; 6.l.l. Constitutional Provisions for Women ; 6.l.2. Legal Provisions for Women ; 6.l.3. National Commission for Women: A Positive Footstep ; 6.1 .3.1.Importance of the Commission ; 6.1.3.2.Constitution of the Commission ; 6.1.3 .3.Mandate of the Commission ; 6.2. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS; 6.2 .l. Basic Rights of Children in India ; 6.2.2. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in India: A Positive Footstep ; CHAPTER·7: CONCLUSION & SUGGESTIONS ; BIBLIOGRAPHY.