The Board discussed their recent meeting with the Law Commission regarding UCC. It also discussed aspects of the Mediation Act and the current state of the 123 Waqf properties in Delhi.
The Mediation Bill focuses on the importance of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. It allows individuals to attempt the settlement of civil or commercial disputes through mediation before approaching a court or tribunal.
Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the long-pending proposal for enhancement of Honorarium to be paid to Advocate Mediators working in the Mediation Centres in Delhi District Courts functioning at Tis Hazari, Karkardooma, Rohini, Dwarka, Saket and Patiala House Court Complexes, said
According to the text, the Bill aims to "promote and facilitate mediation, especially institutional mediation, for resolution of disputes, commercial or otherwise, enforce mediated settlement agreements, provide for a body for the registration of mediators, to encourage community mediation a
As many as three bills were passed in the Parliament amid protests by the opposition, which included the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2023 and Mediation Bill, 2021.
Considering the fact that the income of lawyers had fallen during the Covid pandemic, Delhi High Court has recently directed to place the candidature of a lawyer seeking mediation training before the concerned monitoring committee.
The Law and Justice Ministry has constituted a working committee for the drafting of rules and standards for mediation in India under the chairmanship of former Law Secretary PK Malhotra.
During the virtual ninth meeting of ministers of justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Rijiju said that the e-Courts Project, conceptualized as a Mission Mode Project of the Government of India, as a part of the National e-Governance Plan based on the "National Policy and A
Peace talks began at the end of February this year after the start of the war in Ukraine. The last round of the negotiations concluded in Istanbul on March 29. The talks have since stalled despite mediation efforts by United Nations.