In Brief
Ravinder Kaur and Gagandeep Singh were engaged in family litigation spanning over two decades. The Supreme Court encouraged amicable settlement and appointed senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam to mediate. After the Supreme Court Mediation Centre's initial efforts proved unsuccessful, the senior counsel spent months facilitating negotiations. All disputes were eventually settled. The Court disposed of the appeals on the basis of the settlement terms, noting that partition-related payments would not attract capital gains tax. The judgment emphasizes the value of court-facilitated mediation in resolving protracted family disputes."
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