LEGISLATIVE  INITIATIVE  FOR  COURT  ANNEXED  MEDIATION  IN  INDIA
By Niranjan J. Bhatt

Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration are historically more ancient than Anglo-Saxon adversarial System of law. Mediation was very popular amongst businessmen during pre-British rule in India. The Mahajans - the impartial and respected businessmen used to resolve disputes between members of the business associations by the end of the day. This informal procedure, once in vogue in the province of Gujarat, was a combination of mediation and arbitration, now known in the western world as med-arb. This type of mediation had no legal sanction in spite of its common acceptance in the business world.

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