Bangalore International Mediation Arbitration and Conciliation Centre

16/07/2025

28/06/2023

Privileged to participate and share my thoughts on Use of AI by the legal profession, at the United Nations, Geneva on 26th July 2023. Was a signatory to the Joint Declaration, signed by lawyers from 35 countries.

29/07/2022

Read our Blog Post on "The Importance and the need to raise awareness regarding Pre-Litigation Mediation in Family Matters" by Deepshika P, Intern, School of Law Christ (Deemed to be University)
http://www.bimacc.org/the-importance-and-the-need-to-raise-awareness-regarding-pre-litigation-mediation-in-family-matters/

28/06/2022

The 2022 BIMACC ~ ICFAI Law School Accredited Mediator Training Programme is finally here!

Click the link below 👇 to know more and to Register.

26/04/2022

BIMACC is thankful to Hon’ble Shri.Sushil Kumar Modi Ji and all other Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee , for inviting Hon’ble Justice Shri. S R Bannurmath Ji, Hon. Vice Chairman, BIMACC, Chairman Karnataka State Law Commission, Shri. Thiruvengadam Bc Ji, Hon. Director, BIMACC, Senior Advocate & Mediator, Shri. Shiv Kumar Ji, Senior Mediator, Shri. Manik BT Ji, Assistant Registrar BIMACC, Advocate & Mediator, Smt. Ramya BT Ji, Senior Coordinator, BIMACC & Advocate and Smt. Siri Prasad Ji Coordinator, BIMACC & Advocate for the discussion on the Mediation Bill.

18/04/2022

Making Minds Meet : Conflict to Consensus by Thiruvengadam Bc Foreword by Hon'ble Mr. Justice M N Venkatachalaiah
Former Chief Justice of India

The Book Launch Event.

Chief Guests.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice M N Venkatachalaiah
Former Chief Justice of India

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Cyriac Jospeph
Former Judge Supreme Court of India
Lokayukta Kerala

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar,
Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court

Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. R. Bannurmath,
Former Chief Justice of Kerala

Chairman, Karnataka State Law Commission
Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. S. Dinesh Kumar,
Judge, High Court of Karnataka

Dr. Pratima Murthy,
Director and Senior Prof. of Psychiatry
National Institute of Mental Health and Sciences

Mr. T. V. Mohandas Pai,
Chairman, Manipal Global Education

Dr. Lalith Bhasin,
Advocate, President SILF & CIArb India

FOREWORD BY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M N VENKATACHALAIAH

05/03/2022

Read our new Blog Post on Ad-Hoc and Institutional Arbitration in India!

27/12/2021

BIMACC in collaboration with Bangalore Mediation Centre (BMC) and Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) is pleased to share with you'll that we held a discussion on the draft Mediation Bill 2021 on 9.11.2021 and 13.11.2021.

We have successfully compiled close to 50 suggestions and changes that should be incorporated in the draft Mediation Bill 2021 after considering the views and opinions of Bangalore's best mediators, academicians and business professionals

We are pleased to inform you that pursuant to our representation that in response to our comments and concerns, the Parliament has referred the Draft Bill to the Parliamentary Standing Committee for further deliberations.

We wholeheartedly thank each one of you for your time and effort and for making it a fruitful discussion.

13/10/2021

Inauguration of the BCIC-BIMACC Mediation Centre and Launch of eAs -Electronic Arbitration System (of BIMACC)

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.

When: Oct 15, 2021 05:00 PM India

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oLMaD_RpTY2ICCEuOmX8oQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Webinar Speakers

Mr. N Venkataraman (Additional Solicitor General of India )
A noted jurist in Taxation and Commercial law and was one of the youngest advocates to be designated as a ‘Senior Advocate’ in the year 2006 at an early age of 39.

Dr Lalit Bhasin (President, Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF). President, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – India, Board of Governors (BIMACC )
Dr. Lalit Bhasin, a legal visionary started his law practice in 1962 and has developed Bhasin and Co. as one of the largest law firms in North India. He is recognised as one of the 100 Legal Luminaries in India by Lexis Nexis

Mr. K R Sekar (President-BCIC and Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP )
K.R. Sekar leads the Deloitte Private practice for Deloitte India and has a strong experience of advising companies throughout their business life cycle. His experience lies in working with clients in the high growth sectors and emerging markets on their business strategy and tax advisory.

He is active in making representations before the Government on various tax issues impacting industry through his positions in Chambers of Commerce.

Mr. Jamshed Mistry (Counsel - Supreme Court and Bombay High Court, Founder International Legal Alliance )
Mr Mistry is a specialist in the circles of media and entertainment law. He is an Associate Member of the Canadian Bar Association and has appeared in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. His clients have included several corporate companies as well as public sector corporations and institutions.

Mr. Thiruvengadam Bc (Hon. Director - BIMACC, Founding Partner - thiru & thiru )
Mr. Thiruvengadam is an International Mediator, Arbitrator. He is a senior partner of thiru and thiru, a Legal500 law firm and he is a highly respected lawyer in India. He is featured in the prestigious Lexis Nexis 100 Legal Luminaries of India 2016 and also Chambers and Partners, AsiaLaw etc.
eAs is the brainchild of Mr. Thiruvengadam B C

Dr. K V Omprakash (Advocate, Founder Director, Conscientia Consultancy, Chairman of Banking Fin and Corporate Affairs Expert Committee )
He has been in the legal profession both as a legal practitioner and corporate service since 1989. He is an Arbitrator on the panel of BIMACC and is a qualified Company Secretary. He was Awarded Doctor of Excellence (Honoris Causa) PhD by CIAC - For outstanding achievements in Corporate law

04/09/2021

In a landmark judgment delivered by the Hon’ble High Court of
Karnataka speaking through his Lordship, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suraj Govindaraj, has held:-

1.Merely because a party is not willing to participate in the proceedings before the Mediation Centre or Lok Adalat the same will not be a ground for refusal of reference of the matter to the Mediation Centre or Lok Adalat.

2. The Court has the power to direct a party to appear before the mediator, in the event of a court finding that a part is absenting himself before the mediator without sufficient reason, costs, could be imposed on such a party.

3. The Court would necessarily have to provide for 60 days time for effective Mediation. While referring the matter to Mediation, the Court would also have to take cognisance of the time for commencement of Mediation to the return of the file back from the Mediation Centre to the Court.

4. The time period of 60 days would commence only from the time of first appearance before the mediator. It is not that the said 60 days is sacrosanct, there can be an extension of the period of 60 days. Rule 18 of the Mediation Rules, 2005 also provides for all Court to either Suo moto or upon request of the mediator or any of the parties to extend the period of time by another 30 days but not beyond a period of 30 days. Once again the period of 30 days is to be calculated from the date of appearance of the parties before the mediator upon the extension of time.

5. The Court could also take into consideration the request of the mediator to extend time since it is the mediator who is the best suited to opine as to whether the matter could be settled or there may be a possibility of settlement if the time period is extended.

6. The Court could also take into consideration the request of any of the parties to the proceedings which would not require for all the parties to make a request but even if one of the parties were to make a request for extension of time, the Court would be bound to extend the time period for mediation be a period of 30 days. Reasons to be recorded by the Court as to why the matter is not being referred to Mediation or the time not being extended

7. In view of the decision in Afcon’s case, any Court exercising powers under Section 89 of CPC would have to invariably rather mandatorily refer all matters to the mediation except those excluded in para 27 of Afcon’s case.

8. The reference to be made to BMC, Mediation Centres established by KSLA, the permanent Lok-Adalat, as also Lok Adalat’s held from time to time depending on the choice of the parties and the Courts’ opinions to which would be the appropriate forum.

In a landmark judgment delivered by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka speaking through his Lordship, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suraj Govindaraj, has held:-...

17/07/2021

'Mediation can be used as a tool for social justice in India', the CJI opined.