Justice Surya Kant: Mediation must be treated as a constitutional value, not just a shortcut
At the Annual Litigation Conference in Chandigarh, Justice Surya Kant delivered a clear and measured plea for a change in how the Indian legal system views mediation. He argued that mediation should not be reduced to a procedural tool to unclog court dockets. Instead, he asked lawyers, judges, and policy makers to see it as…