The MEDIATION ACT 2023 was enacted by the Indian Parliament to:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. The Mediation Act 2023 (Act 32 of 2023) was enacted to codify and institutionalize MEDIATION in India.
2. KEY FEATURES:
3. (i) INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK — Mediation Council of India for accreditation, training, registration of mediators;
4. (ii) DEFINITIONS — 'mediation', 'mediated settlement agreement', 'institutional mediation', 'ad hoc mediation';
5. (iii) PRE-LITIGATION MEDIATION (Section 5) — mandatory for certain commercial disputes (value > Rs 3 lakh; replaces Section 12A Commercial Courts Act 2015 PIE);
6. (iv) MEDIATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT — Section 22 makes it BINDING and enforceable like a COURT DECREE under CPC;
7. (v) ONLINE MEDIATION permitted (Section 11);
8. (vi) CONFIDENTIALITY (Section 27);
9. (vii) IMMUNITY for mediators (Section 38);
10. (viii) Implements India's commitment to the Singapore Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 2018 (India is a signatory but not yet ratified).
11. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (Bare Act) + Mediation Act 2023 — Mediation Act 2023 (Act 32 of 2023); Singapore Convention on Mediation 2018_
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