Jhalsa to appoint mediators for commercial disputes
Ranchi:
Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority
(Jhalsa ) plans to appoint mediators in all districts of the state for resolving commercial disputes before the matters go to the courts.
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As part of the programme, a total of 68 mediators will be trained in three batches.
The first two batches, comprising a group of 50 mediators, are currently undergoing training under the first phase which started from April 26 and will conclude on April 30. The third batch of 18 mediators would be skilled in the second phase, from May 1 to May 5.
Jharkhand high court judge and executive chairman Jhalsa, justice S N Prasad on Saturday inaugurated the 40-hour training programme for mediators comprising advocates, experts in different fields and retired bureaucrats and executives at Vishvesvaraya hall in Kanke.
Addressing the meeting, justice Prasad expressed hope that post training the mediators would help reduce the pending cases in the courts and also enable improved social harmony.
Speaking to TOI on the issue, Jhalsa secretary Ranjana Asthana stated, "A large majority of new trainees will be responsible for resolving the commercial disputes. The
pre-litigation mediation
is mandatory in such quarrels. Before the training session, Jhalsa had sought names of two mediators each from all the districts."
The trainers for the programme have been provided by the mediation and conciliation project committee, which has been constituted by the Supreme Court of India.
It may be stated here that with Jhalsa aiming to provide mediators at sub-divisional courts as well, similar training programmes are expected in the future.
Jhalsa has disposed of lakhs of pending and pre-litigation disputes though alternative dispute resolution system which includes mediation.
For example, in the last National Lok Adalat held on March 8, Jhalsa had disposed of 18,70,711 disputes including 1,46,918 pending and 17,23,793 pre-litigation cases.
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