4. Qualifications for empanelment

A person shall not be qualified for being empanelled as mediator or conciliator unless he -

(a) has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of India ; or

(b) has been a Judge of a High Court ; or

(c) has been a District and Sessions Judge ; or

(d) has been a Member or Registrar of a Tribunal constituted at the National level under any law for the time being in force ; or

(e) has been an officer in the Indian Corporate Law Service or Indian Legal Service with fifteen years experience ;or

(f) is a qualified legal practitioner for not less than ten years ; or

(g) is or has been a professional for at least fifteen years of continuous practice as Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant or Company Secretary ; or

(h) has been a Member or President of any State Consumer Forum ; or

(i) is an expert in mediation or conciliation who has successfully undergone training in mediation or conciliation.



5. Disqualifications for Empanelment


A person shall be disqualified for being empanelled as mediator or conciliator, if he -

(a) is an undischarged insolvent or has applied to be adjudicated as an insolvent and his application is pending ;

(b) has been convicted for an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude ;

(c) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or the Corporation owned or controlled by the Government ;

(d) has been punished in any disciplinary proceeding, by the appropriate disciplinary authority ; or

(e) has, in the opinion of the Central Government, such financial or other interest in the subject matter of dispute or is related to any of the parties, as is likely
 to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a mediator or conciliator.