Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand & Executive Chairman, JHALSA and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand-cum-member, State level mediation monitoring committee, High Court of Jharkhand, on Saturday inaugurated the 40-hours intensive mediation training programme. The training programme for the first batch of 22 advocates will run from August 21 to 25, at Nyaya Sadan, JHALSA, Ranchi.
For the said five day long mediation training programme, Neeraj Kumar Bhardwaj, Judge Trainer of Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), and two potential trainers from the Bokaro district namely Ashok Kumar Ray and Barun Kumar Pandey have been nominated by MCPC Supreme Court for imparting training to the participants.
The said mediation training programme has been organized by Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), Supreme Court. As per the approved schedule the said training will be provided to 156 advocates and experts of different districts of State in seven batches from August 21 to October 7. Neeraj Kumar Bhardwaj, Judge Trainer, MCPC Supreme Court of India addresses the participants on the occasion.
In the inaugural address, Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand & Executive Chairman, JHALSA gave an introduction about the training programme and approach of mediators towards the mediation process.
He highlighted the importance of mediation in the present time and said that it is the duty of mediators to help the parties to find a solution. He should not try to be a judge.
The job of a mediator is to facilitate them in finding solutions. Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand-Cum-Member, State Level Mediation Monitoring Committee, High Court of Jharkhand in her special address to participants focused on the benefits of mediation.
She stated that mediation saves time, money, relationship and seeks to find such a solution which no one can refuse.