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Making mediation not mandatory is problematic
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A recent judgement has ruled that provisions for pre-institution mediation before the filing of a suit involving commercial disputes are not mandatory. This judgement sets back a laudable policy initiative for use of mediation to settle commercial disputes.
The Commercial Courts Act, 2015, which identified ‘commercial disputes’ as a class of disputes, established commercial courts and commercial divisions within the civil courts system to adjudicate these disputes. It compressed the procedures in the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, to expedite adjudication of such disputes. In 2018, this law was amended, a Section 12A was added, which required parties filing a suit under this law to fi
By Sanjeev Sirohi
It has to be said right at the outset that mob lynching cannot be justified on any pretext and under any circumstances come what may! There has to be zero tolerance for it but right now we see that the perpetrators of the crime are either escaping with just no punishment or are being punished on a very lenient basis thus making a complete mockery of our country on the world stage! It merits no reiteration that this must be set right now.
What message are we sending to the world if we don’t ensure that mob lynchers are promptly punished with most appropriately death penalty or at the least with life imprisonment for at least 25 years in jail without any parole or remission of any kind whatsoever? How can mob lynching be justified by anyone under any circumstances? Are we living in Talibani India? Certainly not!
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Last national Lok Adalat of the year settled over 10 lakh cases: Law Ministry
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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 04:33 PM IST
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The details, as provided by states on National Legal Services Authority portal, indicate that the settlement amount was nearly Rs 3,227.99 crore, a statement said.
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New Delhi: The last national Lok Adalat of the year held last week settled 10,42,816 cases, out of which 5,60,310 were at the pre-litigation stage and 4,82,506 were pending in courts, the Law Ministry said on Thursday. The details, as provided by states on National Legal Services Authority portal, indicate that the settlement amount was nearly Rs 3,227.99 crore, a statement said.