law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  80. Role of
  
  conciliator in other proceedings.
  Unless otherwise
  
  agreed by the parties,-
  a.  
  
    the
  
  conciliator shall not act as an arbitrator or as a representative or counsel of
  
  a party in any arbitral or judicial proceeding in respect of a dispute that is
  
  the subject of the conciliation proceedings;
  b.  
  
    the
  
  conciliator shall not be presented by the panics as a witness in any arbitral
  
  or judicial proceedings.