New Delhi, June 12 -- The Supreme Court on Friday asked senior IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil and senior IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri to resolve their long-running dispute through mediation, observing that the continued litigation was adversely affecting the careers of both senior Karnataka officers.

A bench of Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Sanjeev Sachdeva subsequently referred the matter to mediation in an effort to bring an amicable end to the defamation case between them.

"Both are excellent officers. They are ruining each other's careers...This court is of the opinion that the matter can be resolved by way of mediation," remarked the bench.

The apex court then appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph as mediator...