Litigation is often the autopsy of a dead relationship. Mediation, on the contrary, is the remedial surgery that seeks to preserve the living pulse of a connection.
Hon'ble CJI Justice Surya Kant · Goa, December 2025
There is a word for what's missing.
Sanskrit, peacemaker. The word used in Indian courts for a mediator. It is also the role Lord Krishna played in the Mahabharata, traveling as a peace envoy before the war began. The cultural lineage and the legal vocabulary point to the same word.
With the weight of each factor shown openly. Not a black box.
Why the score landed where it did, in English and Hindi.
Written without the adversarial framing of a plaint.
Whether facilitative, evaluative, transformative, or hybrid.
That the bench can edit, sign, and dispatch. Hours saved per matter.
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