Separation, handshakes, hugs and walkouts – on the fourth floor of the administrative block of the court is a space where warring parties are encouraged to give peace a chance As he waits on one of the burgundy sofas for his estranged wife, the 30-something man opens a lunch box for his five-year-old son who sits beside him clutching a Spider-Man bag. In an adjacent room, peals of laughter spill into the corridor as a couple in the process of separation, play carom and eat pizza with their son. Though the Delhi High Court’s 30 courtrooms witness intense legal battles all week, in a small space on the fourth floor of the administrative block, warring parties — couples in the process of separating, families squabbling over properties and businesses, employers and employees in a tiff, and feuding firms, among others — are encouraged to settle disputes among themselves at the Delhi High Court Mediation Centre (DHCMC).