Staff Reporter: The Supreme Court administration’s initiatives for following option of mediation method compulsorily in resolving disputes or cases will reduce burden of the courts across the country, said a statement issued by 12 Bangladeshi mediators recognized by the India Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIM).
The statement also said that judiciary of Bangladesh is burdened with about 38 lakh cases. In this situation, the Supreme Court administration has issued guidelines for compliance with the internationally recognized method of mediation in order to resolve disputes at a low cost.
“We think these circulars are a landmark step of the Supreme Court. Declaration of following mediation process as mandatory for judges has provided a great opportunity to reduce the pressure of cases in the courts and to prevent the seeking-justice people from wasting time, labor and money,” also read the statement.
The Supreme Court administration on March 21 and August 5 this year published two circulars for following mediation process compulsorily during the trial proceedings of the relevant cases filed under conventional laws.
The mediators in the statement also urged the media to publish two circulars issued by the Supreme Court administration recently for ‘compulsorily’ complying with the provisions regarding mediation of the different conventional laws.
The 12 mediators are— Advocate SN Goswami, chairman of Bangladesh International Mediation Society, Advocate Pankaj Kumar Kundu, Advocate KM Rafique Hassnain, Advocate Srijony Tripura, Advocate Humaun Kabir Shikder, Advocate Md Alamgir Hussain, Advocate Farhana Afroz, Advocate Afroza Sharmin Kona, Advocate Shahinur Islam, Mahidi Hasan Dalim, Tonmay Rahman and Kanika Mondal.
