Panaji, Dec. 27 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday said mediation is not a sign of the law's weakness but its highest evolution.

"Mediation is not a sign of the weakness of the law, but rather the mediation is the highest evolution. It is the true transition from the culture of adjudication, where we merely manage conflicts. Rather, we are shifting to a culture of participation where we actively cultivate harmony," he said.

Justice Kant was addressing a two-day National Conference and Symposium on Mediation: How Far Significant in the Present-Day Context, organised by the Bar Council of India and the Bar Council of India Trust - Pearl First, in collaboration with the India International University of Legal Education and Rese...