CORD in the Media

BW Legal World • Sept 2026

CORD Launches Rules 2.0: Mid-Value Commercial Arbitration in Focus

ArquipelJus • Sept 2026

New Indian regulation separates permitted and prohibited uses of AI in arbitration.

Bar & Bench • Sept 2026

Court interference not top reason companies avoid arbitration; costs, delays rank higher: CORD’s Vikas Mahendra

The Bar Bulletin • Sept 2026

Arbitration Needs a Reset: Justice Sikri, Justice Manmohan Launch CORD Rules 2.0

Briefly • Sept 2026

CORD: Launches CORD Rules 2.0 Integrating AI for India Arbitration

SCC Online • Sept 2026

An Independent Appointments Council, an opt-in appeal, an AI Traffic-light: CORD Rules 2.0

An Independent Appointments Council, an opt-in appeal, an AI Traffic-light: CORD launches Rules 2.0 for mid-value commercial arbitration

Lexology • Dec 2025

From Litigation to Automation: The Legal Future of ODR in India

ODR is emerging as a transformative force, leveraging technology to streamline arbitration, mediation, and negotiation

SCC Online • Sept 2024

High ethical standards & transparency essential for credibility of ADR: Justice SR Krishna Kumar at India ADR Week 2024.

MCIA organises India ADR week 2024 in Bengaluru- Coverage of India ADR Week, where Ms. Deepika Kinhal (CORD) spoke on definitions and practicalities of ODR.

Techgraph • Jan 2024

How is Online Dispute Resolution reshaping conflict resolution?

CORD or Centre for Online Resolution of Dispute is also an ODR platform, it leverages technology to make arbitration and mediation a lot more accessible, affordable, and efficient.

SCC Online • Oct 2023

Founder speaks on ODR and the impact of technology on the future of dispute resolution

Interview with Vikas Mahendra, Co-Founder, CORD & TERES.

Bar & Bench • Aug 2023

Deepika Kinhal joins Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes as CEO

Deepika Kinhal, who leads Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy’s JALDI (Justice, Access and Lowering Delays in India) initiative, has shifted gears to don an entrepreneurial hat as CEO of Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes (CORD).

Mediate • May 2023

Harnessing Technology for Dispute Resolution: A critical assessment of India’s ODR Policy 2021

India’s ODR policy stems from the broader framework of the National Policy on Information Technology (NPIT) and the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP)

SEBI • Jan 2023

Securities Market Approach for Resolution Through Online Dispute Resolution (SMART ODR)

Short blurb (1–2 lines). Mention rules, governance, case management, enforceability.

Times of India • Sept 2020

As Lockdown slows down courts, e-mediation across cities picks up

Vikas Mahendra, co-founder of a virtual mediation hearing room, Centre for online Resolution of Disputes (CORD) in Bangalore said their center has even handled complex commercial disputes of several hundred crores of rupees in the past few months.