New Delhi, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday referred the longstanding property dispute between industrialist Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani and his sister, Sugandha Hiremath, to mediation, appointing former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao to facilitate efforts towards a mutually acceptable resolution, according to Live Law Biz.

The court further ordered that the Bombay High Court should not proceed with Babasaheb Kalyani's plea seeking dismissal of the suit until the mediation exercise has been completed.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana encouraged both sides to make one last effort to settle the family dispute through mediation. The bench requested former Supreme Court ju...