2nd National Mediation Conference 2025, held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha

True measure of justice lies not in verdicts but in peace it creates.

“any verdict is a adjudication of the dispute. One party will win the other will lose. You know one party will always have a grievance that something wrong has happened with them. Even those winning party also they may say that it took 10 years, 15 year, 20 years whatever time is consumed by the conventional system. But in mediation, you win the heart and preserve the relationship. The human bond and the social fabric not only remain intact but are further strengthened. That is what any society needs in order to live in peace and harmony.”

Justice Surya Kant called mediation the “future of justice,” stressing that while courtrooms often confine disputes to a narrow win–lose outcome, dialogue through mediation opens the door to “infinite solutions”.

Invoking a Rig Veda shloka, he said, “Move together, speak together, let your minds be in harmony. These timeless words resonate perfectly with mediation’s essence, turning disputes into dialogue, and dialogue into peace.”