Supreme Court happy with progress in talks in Sunjay Kapur case
The Supreme Court of India has expressed satisfaction with the progress of mediation in the Sunjay Kapur family asset dispute. Former Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud is overseeing the process, which has been extended until November 2 to allow for a holistic settlement.
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High-profile legal mediation cases demonstrate the judiciary's push for alternative dispute resolution to clear court backlogs.
NEW DELHI: After a bitter courtroom battle over the division of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's assets, his family members are now cooperating in a Supreme Court-directed mediation process to arrive at an amicable settlement. The Supreme Court had on May 7 appointed ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud as mediator and asked the parties to appear before him.After going through the preliminary mediation report filed by the former CJI on the high-profile family dispute, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran expressed satisfaction over the progress in the matter."We are happy to note that the mediation is proceeding quite satisfactorily and .
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