PRE LITIGATION MEDIATION

Citing the recent Mediation Act, 2023, the ECA-PM member called for a need to amend section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 to make mediation voluntary saying it will reduce the timeline of dispute resolution by three to five months and lower...

Mediation, a process involving a neutral intermediary assisting parties in reaching a mutually satisfactory settlement, is widely seen as a means to reduce the backlog of cases in the legal system. However, the efficacy of mandatory pre-litigation m...

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill that seeks to provide legal framework to mediation and reduce burden on courts. Introducing the Mediation Bill, 2021, in the Lower House, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said it provides "legal backbone" to media...

Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Mediation Bill, 2021, which halves the maximum time for completing mediation proceedings to 180 days. The bill was passed with voice vote amid a walk out by opposition members, demanding a discussion on the Manipur ...

The panel headed by BJP MP Sushil Modi has noted that "unless specifically notified by the central and/or state governments, non-commercial disputes with government as one party are by and large outside the ambit of the Mediation Bill". The panel ha...

After the pandemic had struck and there was the imposition of lockdown, due to restriction movements, there was a huge impact on the Retail Sector since the goods could not be transported from one part to the other.

In the current time when the country has over 4 crores pending cases, mediation is set to become an effective alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism says Laila Ollapally, founder of Centre for Advanced Mediation Practice (CAMP) now known as ...

Normally, disputes related to vendors and suppliers, and shareholders agreements and partnerships, end up in court. Increasingly, however, companies are preferring mediation as a formal mechanism to resolve such disputes.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde, A S Bopanna, and V Ramasubramanian issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice and various high courts on the plea.

“This COVID pandemic is going to present us with huge pendency of cases. I do not see any way out of it. We have to decide cases,” the CJI said during a virtual event.

"Government should consider the promulgation of a National Litigation Policy which provides for a comprehensive, consistent and considered approach to Government litigation. This would help as the Government being the biggest litigant in the Indian ...

Companies in the manufacturing, services and real estate sectors, in particular, are looking at mediation to end disputes with suppliers, vendors, consumers and even lenders.

Speaking at the 3rd edition of of an international conference on 'Arbitration in the Era of Globalisation', Justice Bobde said a robust "arbitration bar" is critical to the development of institutional arbitration in India as it would ensure availab...

Mediation will allow taxpayers to get a fix on how much they need to pay and avoid disputes.

The panel, to be headed by mediator Niranjan Bhat, will recommend a code of conduct for mediators, who are legal experts. On January 12, the committee met in Hyderabad to consider suggestions for a legislation put forth by mediators from all over In...

CJI-designate Justice Bobde has called for making pre-litigation mediation a must for commercial disputes.

In an interview, Justice Bobde says the key message from the Ayodhya verdict is that the dispute is now over.

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday had reserved the order after hearing various contesting parties.

The CBDT has set up a panel to address taxation-related pain points and suggest ways to reduce number of cases.