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The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

( ACT NO. V OF 1908 )

[ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION]

Mediation in Appeal.
1[89C.(1) An Appellate Court 2[shall] mediate in an appeal or refer the appeal for mediation in order to settle the dispute or disputes in that appeal, if the appeal is an appeal from original decree under Order XLI, and is between the same parties who contested in the original suit or the parties who have been substituted for the original contesting parties.
 
 
3[(2) In mediation under sub-section (1), the provisions of section 89A shall be followed with necessary changes (mutatis mutandis) as may be expedient.]]

  • 1
    Section 89C was inserted by section 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2006 (Act No. VIII of 2006)
  • 2
    The word “shall” was substituted for the word “may” by section 3(a) of The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act No. XXXVI of 2012).
  • 3
    Sub-section (2) was substituted by section 3(b) of The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act No. XXXVI of 2012).
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