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Aishwarya Kapoor

Mediation and Small Claims Court: The Cheaper Legal Route Most Indians Skip

Why Most Disputes Never See a Courtroom, or a Resolution

A contractor takes ₹40,000 and disappears before finishing the bathroom tiles. A neighbour borrows money and stops picking up calls. A landlord holds the security deposit for reasons that change every week. These are the disputes that quietly eat at people for months, then years, because the standard advice, hire a lawyer, file a case, sounds expensive, slow, and exhausting. So the money is written off. The relationship sours. Nothing happens.

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