one case settled is ten cases avoided because in settlement, peace is purchased and both parties part as friends.
"My joy was boundless. I had learnt the true practice of law. I had learnt to find out the better side of human nature and to enter men's hearts. I realized that the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby - not even money, certainly not my soul." [M.K.Gandhi-An Autobiography or The story of My Experiments with Truth (page 133)].
Motivated and inspired, we have also realized that by settling one case in this court, quite a few litigations between the parties and their families before various other courts or forums can also be either closed or settled. The recent litigation trend in matrimonial disputes indicates that a matrimonial dispute between the parties could generate at least half-a-dozen cases.
