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- On 10th May, the Supreme Court will hear the Ayodhya title dispute appeals as the court-appointed mediation committee has sent its interim report. The Ayodhya case pertains to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute.
- The Supreme Court had referred the Ayodhya case for mediation. The court had invoked Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) to propose mediation as an “effective utilisation of time”
- Section 89 was added through the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act 1999 into the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The objective of Section 89 is to ensure that the court makes an endeavour to facilitate out-of-court settlements through one of the ADR processes before the trial commences. It enables civil courts to refer parties to alternative dispute resolution so that the disputes may get resolved earlier.
- The Supreme Court had formed a three-member panel headed by former SC judge Justice F M Kalifullah. The other members of the panel include spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu.
- Mediation is one of the methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). ADR is the procedure for settling disputes without litigation.
- Mediation is a procedure in which the parties discuss their disputes with the assistance of a trained impartial third person(s) who assists them in reaching a settlement.



