Mediation offers more holistic solution to disputes: CJI

Observing that mediation is not a 'lesser form of justice' but it's 'wiser form', Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna Saturday said mediation offers a more holistic solution to disputes as compared to courtroom adjudication.

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Speaking at the National Conference on Exploring the Efficacy and Reach of Mediation, Khanna said that in courtroom adjudication, one party emerges the winner and the other the loser leading to relations becoming strained.

The CJI said mediation, on the other hand, can heal relations and the solutions offered by it are less traumatic and more humane.

"Court litigation and adjudication are, in a way, grim and shallow. At times, the root cause remains unaddressed and the ailment and bane remain. The relationships are strained, if not broken. There is a winner, there is a loser," he said.

"Mediation does the opposite. It seeks to identify and remedy the root cause. It goes deeper into the issue, the cause of the misunderstanding. It addresses the primordial and underlying concerns that are the cause of the dispute," he said.