WELL DONET!: High Court Chief Justice G. S. Singhvi blessing a PG diploma holder at a function in the city on Saturday. Law and Commercial Taxes Minister Konathala Ramakrishna and Ch. G. Krishnamurthy, Member, International Centre for Alternative Dis pute Redressal, are seen. — Photo: P. V. Sivakumar

HYDERABAD: High Court Chief Justice G. S. Singhvi has supported the introduction of pre-litigation mediation and conciliation processes as it will help expeditious redress of grievances and reduce pendency in courts.

The introduction of an effective mechanism for redress of civil disputes through mediation and conciliation would ensure that people would not go to courts at all.

Justice Singhvi was participating in a meeting convened by International Centre for Alternative Dispute Redressal in association with NALSAR to give away diplomas and certificates to candidates who passed out.

Delivery of justice

While courts were being questioned for delayed justice, there was no debate on what was leading to the delay. Stating that the High Court had decided to open redress centres in all the 23 districts of the State, he wanted people who secured certificates not to be deterred by the initial resistance from existing practitioners as it was bound to be there.

Law and Commercial Taxes Minister K. Ramakrishna said given the multifarious activities witnessed in society, it was not easy to make people abide by law. The introduction of the new mechanism would help settle the cases quickly.

`Matru basha'

Justice Sanghvi sprang a surprise when he presented himself in a lighter vein at a meeting on Saturday.

Starting his speech in chaste Hindi, he observed: "It has been a practice to speak in mother tongue when one addresses meetings of common people. Since I don't know Telugu I am speaking in Hindi."

He, however, reverted to the "videshi bhasha" stating that most of the audience may not be able to understand some Hindi words he would use. "I am also not well versed with the foreign language," he said, sending the assembled into peels of laughter.

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