Justice Aurangzeb calls for encouraging alternative dispute resolution, says SC to establish mediation centre

Justice Aurangzeb calls for encouraging alternative dispute resolution, says SC to establish mediation centre

Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb has called on the judiciary to encourage alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and detailed the Supreme Court’s ongoing efforts to establish a mediation centre. In remarks aired on television on Monday, the SC judge stressed the need for mediators to be referred more cases, saying, “For that, the courts have to be willing to refer cases to mediation and must never think that by doing so, they are shying away from …

Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb calls for stronger mediation system to reduce court backlog

ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb on Monday stressed the need to strengthen the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism in Pakistan, saying the mediation can play a vital role in reducing the growing burden of pending cases in courts. The Supreme Court judge said civilized countries around the world had successfully adopted ADR systems and Pakistan was also moving towards institutionalising mediation through prope…