Published on : 11 Dec 2025, 5:26 am 3 min read

Supreme Court judge Justice PS Narasimha on Tuesday questioned whether arbitration in India had become an elite commercial preserve, urging that this dispute resolution mechanism should be expanded to deal with smaller civil conflicts and everyday disputes that clog the judicial system.

The judge was speaking at the India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) at the launch of its first annual magazine, The Equilibrium.

“Has arbitration been hijacked for commercial purposes?” he asked during his address.

He went on to suggest that cases such as partition disputes between brothers and fights between two neighbours can easily and quickly be resolved through arbitration, but remain neglected.

Justice Narasimha urged that arbitra

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