New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- While delivering a valedictory address on Saturday, Supreme Court Judge Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah said that for mediation to become a widely adopted practice in the country, there must be a change in mindset and that confidence must be built among the public at the grassroots level.

Justice Amanullah was addressing the gathering at valedictory session of the two-day National Conference and Symposium organised by the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the BCI Trust at the India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER), Goa.

Justice Amanullah observed that people often conflate mediation and arbitration, though the two are fundamentally different. A mediator, he said, cannot function with the ...