Kathmandu, December 7:

Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Paudel today inaugurated the first Mediation Centre set up in the Supreme Court and Patan Appellate Court with support from the USAID.

Addressing a function organised on the SC premises, CJ Paudel stressed the importance of mediation in the delivery of justice. “Mediation helps people to get justice on time. It (mediation) is a system in which both the parties to a dispute feel that they are not losers,” the Chief Justice said, adding, “Now people will get justice quickly, as the apex court has officially opened a mediation centre.”

Seniormost Justice Kedar Prasad Giri expressed hope the mediation centre would be successful in providing justice to people. Justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhi said the judges should refrain themselves from all types of irregularities.

US ambassador to Nepal, James F Moriarty, said the mediation centre will be able to accomplish its job successfully only if lawyers support it. Chief of the ARD Rule of Law Project Frederick G Yeager and NBA president Shambhu Thapa urged judges to make mediation process a success.