New Delhi, April 12 -- Supreme Court judge BV Nagarathna on Saturday called for a dedicated forum to handle complaints of misconduct against arbitrators, noting that courts are often reluctant to remove them, especially since they are former judges, chief justices, or people in higher positions. Speaking at the 5th edition of the Indian Council of Arbitration's international conference on "Arbitration in the Era of Globalisation", the judge said arbitrators and mediators must maintain high standards of integrity and fairness throughout the process. "We have many advantages of it, but one of the disadvantages is this conduct of the arbitrators or mediators, and sometimes to the extent of saying that there is a lack of trust, a bias, or a misconduct. And it's very difficult to change the arbitrator on that score. Therefore, my submission is that the arbitrators and mediators, first of all, have within them the sensitisation that they are an alternative to the court system. That means they are as equal to adjudication, but it is not an adjudication, it is an ADR mechanism. The standards of the arbitrators and mediators must be very high standard, and they have to maintain that throughout the proceeding, and there can never be any reflection of a bias or anything," she said. She added that there is currently no separate forum to address complaints against arbitrators....