In CPC provision for out of court settlement of suits is made under

Section 89 CPC provides that where it appears to the court that elements of a settlement exist, it shall formulate the terms and refer the dispute for "out of court" settlement by arbitration, conciliation, judicial settlement including Lok Adalat, or mediation; Order X rules 1A-1C supply the procedure. Section 75 concerns commissions, section 76 commissions to another court and section 88 interpleader suits.

Current law: The Mediation Act, 2023 (section 59 and the Fourth Schedule) provides for a substituted section 89; that substitution has effect only from the date on which it is brought into force.