Training held for judicial officers

GANGTOK, 22 June: Training for judicial officers of the state was held here at Sikkim Judicial Academy, High Court complex on Saturday and Sunday. Altogether eleven Judicial officers from all over the state comprising District and Session Judge, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge cum Judicial Magistrate attended the programme.

The training on “Enhancing Judicial Qualities, Attitude and Skills for Judicial Officers of Sikkim” had Justice [retd] Manju Goel, Judge Delhi High Court and Justice SN Dhingra as resource persons.

Justice Goel enlightened the judicial officers of Sikkim about the Judicial Accountability with reference to Conduct and Ethics. Justice SN Dhingra gave a lecture on the salient features of writing judgments with special reference to appreciation of evidence, Court Administration and case management.

This is the fourth training organised by Sikkim Judicial Academy for its judicial officers and junior panel advocates.

On the inaugural day, Justice [retd] AP Subba, said that the objective of the training is to enhance skills of judicial officers like judgment writing, judicial reasoning, etc. Outlining the duties of a judge, he stated that the job of a judge is not to intervene unnecessarily with questions but to raise or intervene with questions under 165 of CrPc to clarify doubts related to the facts of the case.

Justice Subba also emphasized on communication and the art of writing, suggesting to the participants to use simple language.

Earlier, Registrar General High Court of Sikkim and also in-charge of Director, Sikkim Judicial Academy, Kesang Chukie Barphungpa delivered the welcome address. While welcoming the resource persons and judicial officers of the state, she expressed hope that the training would be effective and educative. The programme also witnessed an interactive session.

On the concluding day today, Judge of High Court of Sikkim, Justice SP Wangdi informed the resource person about the commencement of training programme for Judicial Officers in Sikkim Judicial Academy and the curriculum conducted within one year. He also instructed concerned officers to organize at least one training programme in a month. He also applauded the potentiality of the existing Judicial Officers of Sikkim.

District and Session Judge Prajwal Khatiwara thanked the Academy for organizing well structured and educative training programme.