00:02For the popularity of mediation as a very effective tool of and an ideal modicum for
00:10resolving the disputes through a win-win situation, let us not say it as an alternative,
00:15rather it should be a preferred mode of adjudication of the disputes. And I am very
00:21happy that as a national policy, thereafter the mediation is no longer quoted as an alternative
00:27dispute resolution. The mediation, all of you know, is something in our DNA. In India, you go by any
00:37centuries old, you thousands years old, the entire history will speak how mediation has been always
00:43a very effective mode of dispute resolution. All of you know, Lord Krishna is quoted as the first
00:50codified mediator who tried to resolve between the two warring groups. That story where Krishna,
00:58Lord Krishna failed to mediate between the two warring groups also tells one thing which really
01:03puts us into introspection and how then it becomes important for us to really emphasize on mediation.
01:12The two warring groups, despite intervention by Lord Krishna, failed to mediate and resolve their
01:18dispute. All of you know what happened. Mahabharata. And therefore, this is how the two neighbors to
01:24the people, to groups, they start fighting. And unless we have an effective mediation, this fight
01:30continues for decades and decades. And going by our system, where the courts are burdened with so much
01:37litigation, there are multiple factors. The amount of court cases which are flowing and the people are
01:45preferring to come to the courts, it is not possible for us to fix a timeline within which the matters
01:53can be
01:53resolved. Of course, most of the matters like family disputes or the commercial disputes, now that we have
01:59specialized courts, we are able to resolve those disputes. But there are certain matters which remain pending for
02:05quite some time. So in that kind of scenario, the mediation becomes a very, very effective tool for a resolution
02:12for us.
02:13As a matter of fact, Amaravati is a people's capital. In the Indian mythology, Amaravati is the angel's capital.
02:25I wanted to build Justice City, one of the best in the country itself. You name Judicial Academy,
02:33you direct us as much land. We are prepared to give second legal services authority and also mediation center.
02:45Even International Law University, Bar Council of India, they are establishing by integrating all these
02:53things. The best Justice City we wanted to build. We need your cooperation in that direction, sir. Our Honorable
03:05Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh has rightly mentioned. He asked me, it is very less mediator's fee, 3,000 rupees.
03:13It is very difficult. Can you enhance 10,000? My people told me 10,000, all of a sudden, more
03:21than three times. I said, if cases will be settled, 10,000 is not the issue. Immediately for every successful
03:31mediation,
03:33mediation will give 10,000 will give 10,000 rupees. Even unsuccessful mediation also will give 3,000 rupees.
03:43Thank you very much.
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