 Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Chief Justice of J&K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal on Friday stressed the need for strengthening and encouraging the alternate dispute resolution through arbitration and mediation. She said there is an imperative need to establish a fast track resolution of disputes and to encourage arbitration in the state so that a robust system of alternate dispute resolution is put in place.
The Chief Justice was speaking during the inaugural session of the 3-day State-level intensive Mediation Workshop organized by the Mediation and Conciliation Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and supported by Jammu and Kashmir Government at SKICC here today.
"Mediation has become a real game changer, not in the context of addressing judicial disposals but as an alternative dispute redressal mechanism and an essential part of every person's life.
Mediation plays critical role in delivering timely justice to the people and has become an integral part of daily functioning and critical part of dispute resolution in very important areas, including commercial disputes or family disputes", said Justice Mittal.
Justice Gita Mittal said the Lawyers were having difficulties while responding to the path of mediation because rules do not postulate payments for lawyers. She said there are several areas where rules need to be relooked not only because of nature of litigation which has come to courts, but also the nature of problems which the state is facing.
Justice TashiRabstan, Chairman Mediation and Conciliation Committee, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir in his address said that after the introduction of Mediation as an alternative system of justice in 2009, the same has been institutionalized as per the guidelines laid down by the Mediation Conciliation Project Committee of Supreme Court of India.
Justice Alok Aradhe, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Justice DS Thakur, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice MK Hanjura,Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rashid Ali Dar, Advocate General, DC Raina, Registrar General, J&K High Court, Sanjay Dhar, Registrar Vigilance, Puneet Gupta, Principal Secretary to Chief Justice, Jawad Ahmad, Former Chief Justice BA Khan, Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi, Justice (retd) Bashir Ahmad Kirmani, Justice (Retd) Sunil Hali, Law Secretary, Abdul Majeed Bhat judicial officers, President JK Bar Association Jammu, BS Salathia, advocates, senior officers of law department, Law students from across the state were also present on the occasion. |
