Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday sought a special “omnibus” enactment that would make mediation mandatory before litigation, citing the backlog of 3 crore cases in the country’s courts and the rising costs of litigation.

During mediation, a neutral mediator tries to persuade the two warring parties to resolve their dispute through give and take instead of rushing to court and waiting endlessly for a verdict.

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, provides for mediation, as do the amended Companies Act of 2013 and the amended Consumer Protection Act of 2019.

Chief Justice N.V. Ramana was speaking at the India - Singapore Mediation Summit 2021, organised by Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), in strategic partnership with CAMP Mediation, and Mediation Mantras.

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