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As portion of the ‘Mediation for the Nation’ run jointly organised by the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee nether the Supreme Court and the National Legal Services Authority, a full of 7,911 cases were settled successful the State done mediation till September 30, 2025.
The campaign, conducted from July 1 to September 30, was aimed astatine ensuring amicable settlements and reducing the load of long-pending cases successful assorted courts. Across the State, arsenic galore arsenic 26,466 cases were referred for mediation, with the Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre (KSMCC) coordinating the thrust nether the supervision of the Kerala High Court and the Kerala State Legal Services Authority.
According to authoritative data, the Manjeri mediation centre topped the database with 1,143 cases settled retired of 2,852 referred, followed by Thrissur (835) and Kollam (761). Centres successful Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam (North Paravur) recorded 752 and 692 settlements, respectively, portion 661 settlements were reached successful Alappuzha, 627 successful Kozhikode, 457 successful the High Court, 410 successful Kottayam, 368 successful Palakkad, 349 successful Thalassery, 327 successful Pathanamthitta, 228 successful Thodupuzha, 153 successful Kasaragod, and 148 successful Kalpetta. In Lakshadweep, of the 80 cases referred, nary was settled. The High Court mediation centre settled 456 cases, portion the Thalassery centre resolved 349 cases.
Data revealed that matrimonial disputes and mishap assertion cases formed the bulk of the resolved ones. The different categories included 1,148 transgression compoundable cases, 1,052 cheque bounce cases, and 122 home unit cases. Land acquisition, user disputes, partition cases, indebtedness recovery, and eviction cases besides saw progress, though successful smaller numbers.
The KSMCC, functioning nether the supervision of the Kerala High Court and the Kerala State Legal Services Authority, coordinated the run successful the State. Mediation is conducted by a sheet of mediators, including implicit 700 elder advocates and 17 erstwhile territory judges.
The occurrence of the campaign, officials said, demonstrated the expanding acceptance of mediation arsenic a reliable instrumentality to present timely justness portion reducing the load connected the judiciary.
