Development of mediation infrastructure, mediation use and effective implementation models have been discussed and revisited on various occasions since the inception of mediation rules and mediation centres post 2002.

A few underlying issues that have been repeatedly highlighted are the binding nature of the process (enforceability), powers of the mediator, legislative sanction to the process and mediation awareness. It has also been concluded that judicial support is key to mediation legitimacy, ie, ‘making mediation mainstream’, which was also the theme of the India-Singapore Mediation Summit 2021 held on July 17.

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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