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Q.1
Q.1: Answer the following in not more than two sentences
20 Marks - 2 marks each
(a)What is conciliation?[2]
Answer
Conciliation is a voluntary process in which a neutral person, the conciliator, helps the disputing parties reach an amicable settlement. He may also put forward terms of settlement for them to consider. He has no power to impose a decision.
Its law. Part III of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (sections 61 to 81) governs it.
- It starts only when the other party accepts a written invitation to conciliate (section 62).
- The conciliator assists "in an independent and impartial manner" (section 67(1)) and "may, at any stage ... make proposals for a settlement" (section 67(4)).
- If the parties agree, they sign a settlement agreement, which the conciliator authenticates (section 73). It has the same status as an arbitral award on agreed terms (section 74).
- Everything in it is confidential (section 75), and admissions and proposals made in it cannot be used later (section 81).
Haresh Dayaram Thakur v. State of Maharashtra, (2000) 6 SCC 179. A retired High Court Judge, acting as conciliator, drew up a "settlement" himself and sent it to the court in a sealed cover. The parties had not signed it. The Supreme Court held that it was not a settlement: one "takes shape only when the parties ... affix their signatures to it". This shows the core of conciliation: the conciliator helps and proposes, but only the parties settle.
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