Meet lauds Bill on mediation to resolve disputes

PRAYAGRAJ: The system of mediation to resolve disputes will get new a horizon after passing of the Mediation Bill by Parliament, said Justice Suneet Kumar, a judge of Allahabad High Court and chairman of Allahabad High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre (AHCMCC) on Wednesday.
He was inaugurating a workshop as chief guest on the topic of 'Mediation Advocacy', organized by the Advocates' Association of Allahabad High Court under the aegis of AHCMCC.Justice Suneet Kumar said that after the said enactment, the mediation will become a mandatory process and a system of pre-litigation mediation would be introduced. Regarding the seminar on 'mediation advocacy', he said that experts would deliberate as to what should be role of a lawyer in mediation process.
Earlier, welcoming the chief guest and other participants, secretary of advocates association, Harikesh Singh termed the workshop as the first of its kind on mediation advocacy. On this occasion, mediator trainer Anoop Kumar Srivastava threw light on various aspects of mediation, adding that lawyers representing parties must be aware of the concept of mediation and only then they would be able to provide best possible assistance to the mediation process. The programme was presided over by president of advocates' association, Pradeep Kumar. Others who actively participated in the programme included secretary of mediation centre and senior advocate, Ashok Mehta, Sandeep Saxena, Vijay Luxmi, Dr Govind Kumar Saxena and scores of others.