Thursday, March 8, 2012


CNICA’s Inaugural Study Session – 3rd March 2012
 

The inaugural study session of Council for National and International Commercial Arbitration (CNICA) was held at 5.45 pm on the 3rd of March 2012 at Andhra Mahila Sabha, Mylapore, Chennai. Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Judge, High Court, Madras presided over the session. Welcome address was delivered by Mr. G. Ashokapathy, Advocate and Secretary General of CNICA. The welcome address provided the intent of conducting study sessions in view of various developments in arbitration law and practice; and the statistical achievements of CNICA in resolving disputes through Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation including the remarkable conciliated settlement over two Motor Accident Claims in a short span of time; its present and future plans, tie ups with International Organisations to provide training in Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms.

The welcome address was followed by the Hon’ble Judge’s speech on the topic “Is Arbitration Indispensable?” The Hon’ble Judge commenced his address with the quote “Education is the progressive discovery of one’s own ignorance” of Will Durant, a famous American Philosopher and Writer, and explained the importance of study circles for the legal fraternity including the Judges. The Hon’ble Judge proceeded to explain the indispensability of arbitration recalling the history of arbitration laws; the statutory backing behind arbitration; case laws; the various shapes of arbitration laws that have taken place in states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. The Hon’ble Judge was of the view that the use of metaphors in judgements to explain greater legal contents as done in the West would help the legal fraternity in India. The Hon’ble Judge concluded on the lines that “precedents offer old solutions for new problems, but we need new solutions for new problems”.

The Hon’ble Judge was felicitated by Mr. D. Saravanan, Advocate and Chairman of CNICA. Vote of thanks was delivered by Mr. Raghav Ravindran, Registrar at CNICA. The programme concluded with National Anthem around 7.00 pm in the evening.


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