Panaji, Dec. 27 -- Mediation is not a sign of the law's weakness but its highest evolution, the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, said on Friday. "Mediation is not a sign of the weakness of the law, but rather, mediation is the highest evolution. It is the true transition from the culture of adjudication, where we merely manage conflicts," he said. He was addressing the two-day National Conference and Symposium on 'Mediation: How Far Significant in the Present-Day Context' at the India International University of Legal Education and Research, Goa. Stating that mediation was not a Western concept but "the genius of our soil", CJI said it was the "ancient art of kshama", reclaimed and recontextualised for a modern era. He also called for a ...