Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Jan 12: Under the guidance and patronage of Chief Patron of State Judicial Academy, Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar, Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Committee of Judges, State Judicial Academy (Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, Member), Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy today conducted one day “Refresher training programme on : Judgment Writing and Execution of Orders under Section 488 CRPC” for Sub-Judges and Munsiffs of Jammu province.
Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Judge, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Chairman, State Judicial Academy inaugurated the training programme.
The proceedings were conducted by Abdul Rashid Malik, Director, J&K State Judicial Academy. He welcomed Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Justice Janak Raj Kotwal and Ramesh Kumar Wattal, District and Sessions Judge and participating officers. He gave an overview of the programme and deliberated on the need for organizing such programmes.
In his inaugural address, Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar said that judge’s personality is revealed through his judgments and his judgments determine his ability, his approach and understanding of the law. He cautioned the judicial officers that they must be very conscious while writing judgments as their judgments determine the rights of the parties. “Good judgments enhance the image and perception associated with the justice delivery process and increases public confidence in the judiciary”, he added.
In his key note address, Justice Janak Raj Kotwal gave basic structural form for judgment writing including pre-requisites for good judgment writing. He advised the judicial officers to use simple and direct language. There should be no confusion and clarity should be reflected in the judgments. “Narration of the case should not be in so many words. Judgment should be a self-contained document from which it should appear as to what the facts of the case were and what the controversy which was tried to be settled by the court. The facts recounted in the pleadings must be briefly narrated and there is no need to spell out all the facts contained in the pleadings, only material facts need to be stated”, he added.
The participating judicial officers interacted freely with the Judges and Resource persons..
In the 2nd Session, Ramesh Kumar Wattal, District and Sessions Judge spoke on the topic “Execution of Orders under Section 488 CrPC”. In this session, detailed interaction was held.
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