Comments made during Mediation or Settlement Proceedings cannot be relied by Courts: SC

Arjab Jena@ Arjab Kumar Jena Vs. Utsa Jena @ Pattnaik (Supreme Court of India) We disapprove the observations made in the impugned order which refer to the comments made during the course of the mediation or settlement proceedings. The High Court should not have taken the aforesaid comments on record, as the same would impede conciliation and is contrary to and impinges on the principle of confidentiality. Accordingly, the paragraphs 11 and 12 of the impugned order would be erased from record. FULL TEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT/ORDER Leave granted. We have heard the learned counsel for th...