Thankyou Mediators, counsel, and requesting party for your efforts to come into this
negotiation session. Greetings everyone, I am Hemant Raj, for the convenience of the session
you can call me Hemant. I am Looking forward for this mediation session to be a fruitful
one.
Thankyou.
OPENING STATEMNET – Hemant Raj
Greeting of the day
Myself Hemant, I am an artist and also I belongs to a family of artisans. My grandfather is a
big and renowned artist is his time.
Firsty, I want to present my gratitude towards Mr. syedd and his council for inviting us to the
Mediation table.
I would also like to highlight that I have no intention of getting involved in a blame game
because then the purpose of mediation in itself will get defeated rather I am here to come out
with a practical and an amicable solution to this stale mate and I am sure that Mr. SYED
wants the same.
As I said I am here today to listen to their stance and make them understand my stance as
well. Now, talking about my stance and the context of what my council will be telling. I am
an artist by profession and following the footsteps of my ancestors in the same. One day I
was sitting with my grandfather and he was telling his journey as an artist. Though it was not
easy but very interesting and challenging. He taught me that art is not a business. These days
people are involved in doing business of big art works. Art may be a source of livelihood but
is never business. It was my grandfather’s dream to start a art library for people. With the
same thought of mind, I planned to start an art gallery. While taking the first step towards the
establishment, I was in search of a good property. And at the time I got to know that Mr. syed
wants to sell his 4BHK property in a porsh area which is a perfect suitable place for my
dream gallery.
I participated in a bid and got the bid in my name. as per the rules of the bid, I deposited 20%
of the payment in advance. To do this I sold my ancestral property which was very close to
