Commercial courts may be way out: CJI
Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia on Saturday exhorted people to have faith in the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism as the lack of “culture of dispute settlement” among them was proving to be a major cause of rising pendency with the courts.
While proposing the setting up of special commercial courts in the country to deal with the corporate cases as was announced by law minister M. Veerappa Moily earlier, the CJI said, “we do not have a settlement culture, but mediation and arbitration as modes of the dispute settlement are popular and successful in other countries.”
The CJI was speaking at a national conference on mediation, organised by the “Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee of the Supreme Court.” Justice Kapadia said that the lack of faith in ADR was the main reason for growing pendency of cases though settlement of the disputes out-of-court could be more satisfying and cost effective.
“We must understand the value of time. This is one of the areas we need to focus on how to promote that culture of reconciliation,” Justice Kapadia said.
The other top court judges who addressed the conference, were unanimous in their view that the ADR, which had become very popular in the developed countries of the West, should be popularised.
“Nobody can be blamed for the load of work we have. But we have to find a solution to get out of this mess,” said Justice Altamas Kabir, the senior most judge after the Chief Justice.
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