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The Apex Court, High Court of Karnataka, as well as all other Courts from the District Judiciary are referring cases to Bangalore Mediation Centre (BMC). In District and Taluk places of the State, there are Mediation Centers with trained mediators, which are being monitored by concerned District and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority.
In the Court annexed Mediation Programme, the Courts would refer cases for mediation. Mediation is a non-adjudicatory and an informal process. The trained mediators would facilitate the parties to arrive at an amicable settlement in a congenial atmosphere. The litigants will participate voluntarily and they have a right of self determination.
Usually 60 days’ time is granted to them to resolve their disputes.It is free of cost and will be a win-win situation to both the parties. Upon the parties reaching the settlement, the settlement agreement will be forwarded to the concerned Court and based on the same the Court would pass necessary orders.
In the mediation process, not only the litigants but their learned Advocates and relatives are requested to freely participate in resolving the dispute. If the matter ends in compromise, the Court would also refund the Court Fee to the litigants as per the law.
The Master Trainers and Trainers of BMC have so far conducted various training programmes and have trained the advocates as mediators not only in our State, but also across the Country.
Bangalore Mediation Centre is an initiative of High Court of Karnataka. It commenced its work on 20th January, 2007 and shifted to ‘NyayaDegula’ Building in the month of June, 2007.
The Governing Body of BMC
Patron-in-Chief: Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka
President: Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar
Governors: Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, Justice Anand Byrareddy, Justice Ravi Malimath, Justice Aravind Kumar
Director: M.Chandrashekar Reddy
Dy. Director: Sunil A. Shettar
In BMC, there are more than 70 trained mediators. Out of them, two are nominated as Co-ordinators- Prasad Subbanna and ShobhaPatil.
As envisaged under Section 89 of CPC, mediation is one of the Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms, and the Court after considering that there is an element of settlement in the pending case, would refer the matter for amicable resolution by way of mediation. The Apex Court in AFCON’scase, reported in (2010) 8 SCC 24, has laid down various guidelines with regard to mediation and also has directed the Courts to send cases for mediation, so that litigant public can have amicable resolution of their disputes.
YEAR WISE BREAK STATISTICS
Year Mediated Settled
2007 1421 771
2008 3571 2217
2009 3897 2634
2010 4010 2658
2011 4258 2905
2012 4860 3276
2013 5322 3535
2014 5432 3404
Jan to
Oct, 2015 4482 2697
37253 24097
All types of Matrimonial cases:
Year Mediated Settled
2007 199 144
2008 1475 1161
2009 2310 1857
2010 2540 1971
2011 2961 2365
2012 3624 2745
2013 4006 2972
2014 4271 2965
Jan to
Oct, 2015 3642 2406
25028 18586
All types of Original Suits
(property disputes):
Year Mediated Settled
2007 957 482
2008 1671 854
2009 1208 592
2010 1172 578
2011 868 406
2012 809 404
2013 931 432
2014 784 332
Jan to
Oct, 2015 482 187
8882 4267
Contact details
Address: Bangalore Mediation Centre, “NyayaDegula”, Ground Floor, H. Siddaiah Road, Bangalore – 560027.
e-mail:
[email protected]
Office: 080 – 22954656
Director: 080 – 22954655
Deputy Director : 080 – 22221515
