New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on Saturday said the need and time has come for India to enter into ‘mission mode’ and prescribed mediation as a ‘mandatory first step for resolution of every dispute’ for settling cases between parties.
While delving into India’s old history, the CJI Ramana said that our epic, Mahabharata provides an example of an early attempt at mediation as a conflict resolution tool.
“The great Indian epic, the Mahabharata, actually provides an example of an early attempt at mediation as a conflict resolution tool, where Lord Krishna attempted to mediate the dispute between the Pandavas and Kauravas,” the CJI said, while addressing the inaugural India-Singapore Mediation Summit (ISMS, 2021), Making Mediation Mainstream: Reflections from India and Singapore, event through virtual mode.
