Search for an

Appropriate Dispute

Resolution
Not merely for an Alternative

Dispute Resolution

OR Additional Disputes Resolution

Litigation Choice of Judge/Neutral third party Choice over procedure No

Mediation Yes

No (fixed)

Yes

Litigation Technical pleas Full play Nil

Mediation

Control over No time Control over No control proceedings

Yes Full control

Litigation Predictability Largely unpredictable

Mediation By and large predictable

Risk

Very much : All or none

Nil

Binding nature of the decision Unending litigation

Binding as decree Agreement recorded by Court becomes decree Yes Appeals, Second Appeals and Revisions Nil

Search for a New ADR

leads to

Mediation

Access to Justice
means

Access to Good Mediation

- Justice Krishna Iyer

Mediation across the world USA England

Asian countries China Sri Lanka Malaysia Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh

Indian experience Mediation Centers functioning successfully

in various High Courts & Districts Courts

Allahabad

Bangalore Chennai Gujarat Jammu & Kashmir

Bombay
Delhi Kerala
Jharkhand

Gujarat
Kerala Jammu & Kashmir

Honble Mr. Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan

Elevated as Judge, Kerala High Court Appointed Chief Justice of J & K High Court Presently Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court and Patron-inPatron-in-Chief, Guj. High Court Mediation Centre

Gujarat High Court Mediation Centre

being Inaugurated today December 23, 2008 by

Honble Mr. Justice S.B.

Sinha

Judge, Supreme Court of India & Chairperson, Mediation and Conciliation Committee

A New Beginning

GUJARAT HIGH COURT HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT MEDIATION MEDIATION CENTRE23rd December 2008.

Let us be the change that we want to see - Mahatma Gandhi