SC judge Nagarathna stresses integrating adjudication, ADR for resolving family disputes
She said 32% of married women aged 18 to 49 have faced violence, and urged permanent counselling and mediation units in family courts.
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Justice Nagarathna advises wider use of mediation to ease burden on family courts
Supreme Court judge backs alternative dispute resolution in family litigation, arguing that mediation and conciliation can deliver faster, more private and less adversarial outcomes than prolonged court battles
‘Process is punishment’: Justice Nagarathna flags ‘weaponising litigation’ in family courts
Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna, speaking at a conference, highlights how prolonged family litigation is sometimes used to cause humiliation, and calls for a better dispute resolution system that places children at the centre.
Supreme Court Justice B.V. Nagaratna has said that both the trial in the courts and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms should work together in family dispute cases. She made it clear that the process of speedy disposal of cases should not compromise meaningful and fair outcomes. Justice Nagaratna, who is the Chairperson of the Supreme Court's Committee on Family Courts, was speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day Eastern Regiona…
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