Mumbai, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked Bharat Forge chairman Babasaheb Kalyani and his sister Sugandha Hiremath to settle their disputes through mediation, appointing former Supreme Court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao as the mediator.

A three-member bench, presided over by Chief Justice Surya Kant, directed the parties to make one final attempt at an amicable resolution within the next two weeks. The top court, meanwhile, stayed the proceedings in the suit filed by Hiremath before the Bombay High Court.

Hiremath, 74, had moved the apex court after the high court refused to refer their dispute to mediation. The high court observed that mediation could not be imposed upon any party and had to be voluntary following Kalyani's...