Indian judiciary promotes mediation as robust dispute resolution mechanism: CJI Surya Kant
New Delhi, Indian judiciary has promoted mediation not only as an alternative but as a robust dispute resolution mechanism, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said during a panel discussion conducted by the Indian High Commission in London. Indian judiciary promotes mediation as robust dispute resolution mechanism: CJI Surya Kant Stating that mediation was very close to his heart, the CJI said that the Supreme Court Legal Service Committee has created a huge team of trained mediators. “I can say proudly that in every town, in every street people know what mediation is,” the CJI said. The High Commission in London on Wednesday hosted a high-level panel discussion on “Technology and the Future of Mediation” and brought together leading judicial and legal figures from India and the United Kingdom, according to a press statement. Besides the CJI, the panel featured Lord Hamblen of Kersey, Judge of the UK Supreme Court; Kirsty Brimelow KC, President of the Bar Council of England and Wales; and Brett Dixon, Vice President of the Law Society of England and Wales. …








