New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Supreme Court judge justice Surya Kant said on Friday that legislation, by itself, cannot transform culture and while laws may provide a foundation, they must be animated by practice, sustained by institutions, and embraced by society, as he highlighted the centrality of mediation to India's justice system. Speaking at the inaugural session of the International Mediation Conference in Visakhapatnam, justice Kant underlined that mediation should not be seen as a concession or a weaker substitute for adjudication, but as a superior process that "empowers parties and preserves relationships." Justice Kant, who is in line to become the Chief Justice of India later this year, noted that while courts remain indispensable in ...