WHY SIX & NOT NINE MONTHS AT JTRI

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The recommendation of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal (NJA) for civil judges was, that there should be nine months training at the judicial institutes and three months in the field to gain practical experience. However, our committee recommended six months at the Judicial Training & Research Institute, Lucknow (JTRI) and six months in the field. Here are the reasons for the same.

Advice to Young Judges

Judges Have Difficult Job।। Why Six and Not Nine Months at JTRI।। Act Without - Pressure, Fear, Expectation।। Decide Without Favour।। Adopt More Active Role।। Raja Bhoj and the Grazier।। Be Open & Correct Mistakes।। 

Raja Bhoj and the Grazier

This is the seventh post of the series 'Advice to Young Judges'.

In the fourth post of the series, I had talked about adversarial as well as inquisitorial system and explained how judges may play more active role like in inquisitorial system through the story of the judgement of Solomon. Here is another tale from our past that suggests the same.

Advice to Young Judges

Judges Have Difficult Job।। Act Without - Pressure, Fear, Expectation।। Decide Without Favour।। Adopt More Active Role।। Be Open & Correct Mistakes।। Raja Bhoj and the Grazier।।

Be Open & Correct Mistakes

This is the sixth post of the series 'Advice to Young Judges'. It recommends that they should remain open till the end and correct their mistake if it is any.

Satish Chandra J. became Chief Justice of the Allahabad High court and then retired as Chief justice of the Calcutta High Court.  

Don't Be Overwhelmed By Precedents

This is the fifth post of the series 'Advice to Young Judges'. It advises them that the precedents are good guide, but judges may not permit precedents to choke their intelligence. 

RM Sahai J. with his son and family

Advice to Young Judges

Judges Have Difficult Job।। Act Without - Pressure, Fear, Expectation।। Decide Without Favour।। Adopt More Active Role।। Don't Be Overwhelmed By Precedents।। ।।

Adopt More Active Role

This is the fourth post of the series 'Advice to Young Judges'. It invites them to adopt more active role like King Solomom in deciding disputes.

The Judgement of Solomon - a story from the Hebrew Bible. Picture - Courtesy Wikipedia

Advice to Young Judges

Judges Have Difficult Job।। Act Without - Pressure, Fear, Expectation।। Decide Without Favour।। Adopt More Active Role।। ।। ।।

Decide Without Favour

This is the third post of the series 'Advice to Young Judges'. It invites them to act like Bharti, when she was requested to judge the debate between her husband Mandan Mishra and Adi Shankaracharya.

Bharti presiding over the debate between Mandan Mishra and Adi Shankaracharya - Painting courtesy Smt. Indira Singh w/o Late Lt. Gen Vijai Singh, Retd. Vice Chief of Indian Army

Act Without - Pressure, Fear, Expectation

This is the second post of the series 'Advice to Young Judges'. It invites them to decide like Lord Atkin or HR Khanna J. as they did in their famous minority judgements in Liversidge v. Anderson and ADM Jabalpur v. Shiva Kant Shukla.

The biography of Lord Atkin, written by Geoffrey Lewis, is worth your time and money.  

Advice to Young Judges

Judges Have Difficult Job।। Act Without - Pressure, Fear, Expectation - Lord Atkin, HR Khanna J.।। ।।