Jharkhand State level legal Service Authority (JHAlSA) and District legal Services Authority, Ranchi organised a programme on ‘Awareness referral coaching and mentoring programme’ on Saturday.
The basic idea behind it was to encourage the advocates to reinforce more efforts to settle dispute cases in the mediation centers before placing it to the upper court. Speaking on the occasion, Supreme Court Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya applauded the functioning of the State capital mediation centre. He said, “Mediation centre of Ranchi and Jamshedpur is ranked among the top ten centres of the country which is matter of great pride. I would ask the advocates to exert more efforts in settling the dispute outside the court and for this will get salary too.”
He further citing the example of doctor and patient relation added, “As doctors is always on his toe to place the patient inside the operation theater likewise advocates also leave no stone unturned in taking the case to the court. The need of the hour is to encourage advocates to help their clients settle the disputes in mediation centres. It is high time now to collectively work in this direction and accomplish the goal.”
Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice R Banumathi said, “It is the dire need of the hour that the advocates, mediators and bench should work collectively for achieving the goal.”
Highlighting the benefits of Mediation Centre she further added that the cases are disposal at a short span of time in these centers. Focus should be work in this direction. A large number of budding law students, advocates, mediators, PlBs, High Court Justice and Supreme Court Justice attended the programme with the objective to carry forward the mission commence by them.
Jharkhand High Court Justice RR Prasad delivered the vote of thanks to the invitees.