President Murmu pushes for legal empowerment of mediators at village level to settle disputes

NEW DELHI:  President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday made a strong pitch for legally empowering mediators at the village level to settle disputes so that they do not reach higher courts.

She also said that while people who mediate in family or land disputes in village are socially empowered, they lack legal empowerment which leads to such cases failing to get settle at the village level itself.

Addressing the first conference on mediation here, the president said during resolution of disputes, affected parties know that the mediators lack delegation of legal powers, therefore, they do not agree with the decisions. PTI