Ahmedabad: The foundation stone-laying ceremony of the new state-of-the-art Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre took place on the HC campus on Saturday, in the presence of the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, other judges, and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. This landmark project aims to position Gujarat as a global hub for legal excellence and dispute resolution.The new building of the arbitration centre will have 16 arbitration conference rooms. Each conference room will have two break-out rooms, seven mediation rooms, and a state-of-the-art online dispute resolution system catering to the needs of international as well as domestic alternative dispute resolution. The facility is designed to integrate advanced technology with judicial traditions.Speaking on the occasion, the CJI said, “Infrastructure is not merely an amenity; it is an institutional signal, and today the Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre sends that signal with clarity and conviction. Dedicated hearing halls, mediation facilities, digital infrastructure, and spaces designed to protect confidentiality—these are not luxuries; they are the physical expression of institutional seriousness required for modern justice.”
