Justice BV Nagarathna Calls For Inter-Ministerial Forum To Strategize And Handle High-Stakes Investment Arbitration Disputes
Justice Nagarathna also emphasized the need for capacity building in investment arbitration to reduce reliance on foreign legal expertise. Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court on Saturday underscored the need for an interministerial forum to handle high-stakes investment arbitration disputes. She proposed that, instead of individual ministries addressing investment disputes independently, an interministerial forum […]
Sending Legal Notice Or Mediation Request Doesn’t Satisfy Section 12A Of Commercial Courts Act Mandating Mediation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that sending a legal notice or mediation request to a party cannot be considered as a ‘compliance’ of Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, which mandates mediation before the institution of a commercial suit.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela […]
Judiciary Not a Litigant’s Playground: Justice BV Nagarathna Warns Govt Against Wasting Resources, Calls for ‘Green Mediators’
Justice Nagarathna speaking at the 2nd National Mediation Conference in Bhubaneswar, stressing the need for specialised mediators and a shift in government’s litigation mindset to strengthen India’s mediation ecosystem By – Sukriti Mishra | 30 Sept 2025 1:12 PM Justice BV Nagarathna urged governments to end wasteful litigation and called for specialised mediators in environment, […]
Wasteful government litigation hurting mediation growth: Justice Nagarathna
She underscored the need for sector-specific mediation, stressing that disputes in areas such as environment, healthcare, intellectual property and corporate governance required specialised skills Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna said that if mediation decrees entered into by state authorities are constantly viewed with suspicion by senior officials or their successors, then partnerships between government […]