North zone regional conference on mediation on September 14

Chandigarh, September 13, 2013: Punjab and Haryana High Court is going to organise one day North Zone Regional Conference on Mediation at Chandigarh Judicial Academy on September 14.

Divulging the details, a spokesperson of Punjab and Haryana High Court said that Mediation is the process by which the litigant parties together with the assistance of a neutral person or persons, sit together in order to resolve their disputes in an amicable manner.

He said that the Conference shall be attended by Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, Judge, Supreme Court of India alongwith Judges, from Punjab and Haryana High Court, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh High Court and Uttarakhand High Court. The other dignitaries in the Conference will be all the District and Session Judges from the States of Punjab, Haryana and U.T., Chandigarh, Member Secretaries of State Legal Services Authorities of all the four Participating States and all other members of Mediation Committee of the participating High Courts. Apart from Inaugural Session there shall be Brainstorming Sessions and Interactive Sessions on Mediation activities in the States, Challenges and solutions in Mediation and Future Plans for encouraging Mediation.