Overview
- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant began a series of bilateral talks on Friday with heads of judicial delegations from Russia, China, Iran and nine other countries to push memoranda of understanding, training exchanges and mutual recognition of awards.
- Kant proposed creating a common arbitration and mediation platform to speed resolution of international commercial disputes and to boost investor confidence across BRICS and partner jurisdictions.
- Russian Chief Justice Igor Krasnov arrived for the forum and told partners that Moscow has submitted a draft two-year programme of judicial cooperation for consideration by member and partner states.
- Delegates are holding four substantive sessions focused on mediation and commercial disputes, cross-border enforcement of arbitral awards, the use of artificial intelligence in courts, and the judiciary’s role in sustainable development.
- India is using its BRICS chairship to push institutional steps such as MoUs, professional exchanges through the National Judicial Academy and harmonised procedures that could make cross-border rulings easier to enforce.