Mediation

In Sikkim, Mediation was introduced in the year 2009. The first Mediation Centre was established in the office of Sikkim State Legal Services Authority, Gangtok on 11/05/2009 followed by Mediation Centres being set up in all the three districts of Sikkim i.e. Namchi on 31/05/2009, Gyalshing on 20/02/2010 and Mangan on 18/02/2010.

APPOINTMENT OF CO-ORDINATORS FOR THE MEDIATION CENTRES

In Sikkim, Member Secretary of Sikkim SLSA is nominated as the Central Co-ordinator while the District Judges who are also the Chairpersons of DLSAs have been nominated as Co-ordinators for the Mediation Centres in all the 4 (four) Districts of Sikkim vide Notification no. 153/SLSA/05/MC dated 24/11/2015.

HONORARIUM TO MEDIATORS

As per the Notification bearing No. 267/SLSA/03/MC dated 22/10/2022, the honorarium paid to the Mediators is as per the resolution adopted during the meeting of MCPC held on 15/12/2021, the rate of honorarium is as under:

Sl No.	Name	Job Role
1.	On settlement through Mediation	₹ 5000/- per case
2.	Connected Cases	₹ 1000/- per cases subject to a maximum of ₹ 3000/- (regardless of the number of connected cases)
3.	In case of no settlement (despite three effective hearing)	₹ 2500/- per case

MEDIATION CENTRES

Presently, there are four Mediation Centres in the State of Sikkim and the details are as under:

Sl No.	District	Place	Date of Establishment
1.	Gangtok	Mediation Centre, District Court Complex, Sichey, Gangtok	11th May 2009
2	Namchi	Mediation Centre, District Court Complex, Namchi	31st May 2009
3	Mangan	Mediation Centre, District Court Complex, Pentok, Mangan	18th February 2010
4.	Gyalshing	Mediation Centre, District Court Complex, Gyalshing	20th February 2010

TRAINING OF MEDIATORS

Sikkim SLSA under the aegis of Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee, Supreme Court of India from 16th May 2009 to 12th September 2023 has conducted 13 training / sensitization / refresher programmes for Mediators. The details are as under:

Training Programmes on Mediation for Referral Judges and Advocate Mediators conducted by Sikkim SLSA (w.e.f 16th May 2009 to 12th September 2023)
Sl No.	Subject	Date & Venue	Name of trainers deputed by MCPC
1.	40 hours training of Mediators to 4 Judicial Officers and 8 Panel Advocates	16th to 20th May, 2009 in the Conference Hall of Nepali Sahitya Parishad, Development Area, Gangtok	Mr Ajay Mehta, Ms Poonam Mendiratta & Ms Anju Saxena
2	Training of Ld. Judicial Officers as Referral Judges	22nd August, 2010 in the Conference Hall of High Court of Sikkim	Mr Ajay Mehta & Mr Surendra Singh
3	40 hours training of Mediators to 11 Panel Advocates of South & West Districts	23rd to 27th August, 2010 in the Conference Hall of Nepali Sahitya Parishad	Mr Ajay Mehta & Mr Surendra Singh
4.	40 hours training of Mediators to 8 Panel Advocates, 2 Psychiatrists and 2 NGOs	11th to 15th March, 2011 in the Conference Hall of High Court of Sikkim	Mr Ajay Mehta & Mr Surendra Singh
5.	40 hours training of Mediators to 13 Panel Advocates	3rd to 7th December, 2011 in the Conference Hall of High Court of Sikkim	Ms Nagina Jain & Ms Renu Aggarwal
6.	40 hours training of Mediators to 11 Panel Advocates	3rd to 8th October, 2012 in the Conference Hall of High Court of Sikkim	Ms Poonam Mehndirata & Ms Nagina Jain
7.	2 days Awareness & Sensitization Programme for Referral Judges and Trained Mediators	14th to 15th December, 2013 in the Conference Hall of High Court of Sikkim	Mrs Neena Krishna Bansal & Ms Nagina Jain
8.	2 days Awareness & Sensitization Programme for Referral Judges and Trained Mediators	16th & 17th August, 2014 in the Conference Hall of District Administrative Centre, Namchi	Dr Sudhir Kumar Jain & Mr Arun Kumar Arya
9.	Refresher Course on Mediation for Referral Judges & Trained Mediators	15th October, 2016 in the Conference Hall of Sikkim SLSA	Dr Sudhir Kumar Jain & Mr Vinay Kumar Gupta
10.	20 hours (03 days) Refresher Course on Mediation for Advocate Mediators	5th to 7th July, 2018 in the Conference Hall of Sikkim SLSA	Ms G. Saseedhevi, Senior Trainer from Tamil Nadu Mediation Centre and Potential Trainers from Bangalore Mediation Centre Ms Anuradha S R & Ms Vaishali Hedge
11.	Online Training “How to Conduct Mediation through Online or Virtual Mode” for the Advocate Mediators	7th August, 2021 in the Conference Hall of Sikkim SLSA	Ms Pusshp Gupta, Trainer MCPC, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
12.	40 hours (05 days) Training Programme on Mediation for Judicial Officers and Advocates	8th to 12th September, 2023 at Sikkim Judicial Academy	Mrs Nisha Saxena, Senior Judge Trainer and Potential Trainers Ms Rita Das Mozumdar from Assam & Dr Pramila Acharya from Rajasthan
13.	20 hours (03 days) Refresher Course on Mediation for Advocate Mediators	9th to 11th September, 2023 at Sikkim Judicial Academy	Mr Manmohan Sharma, Senior Judge Trainer and Qualified Mediators Mr Laxmikant Gaur & Mr Dharmender Rana from Delhi.