India, June 26 -- A 90-day nationwide mediation campaign to resolve pending disputes across courts-from district courts to high courts-will begin on July 1, the Supreme Court's mediation and conciliation project committee (MCPC) and the national legal services authority (NALSA) announced on Thursday.

The campaign, Mediation for the Nation, will be organised under the guidance of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai, patron of NALSA, along with NALSA executive chairman and senior Supreme Court judge, Justice Surya Kant.

A release issued by the Supreme Court said that the pan-India campaign is being organised with the objectives "to settle suitable matters pending in the courts right from the taluka courts to the high courts of I...