New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The Bombay high court on Friday referred the trademark dispute between real estate moguls and brothers Abhishek Lodha and Abhinandan Lodha to mediation under the oversight of a former Supreme Court judge.

A single-judge bench of justice Arif Doctor has granted the mediator five weeks to facilitate a resolution. The hearing is scheduled for 21 March.

Emphasizing the familial nature of the dispute, the court underscored the importance of mediation over prolonged litigation. "Has any effort been made to sit down and resolve it?" the court had remarked earlier.

Senior counsel Darius Khambata, representing Abhishek Lodha's Macrotech Developers Ltd (Lodha Group), responded that his client was open to mediation, provided...