National Judicial Academy, Bhopal Organizes Annual Conference On Application Of Election Laws
National Judicial Academy, Bhopal has organized an Annual Conference on Application of Election Laws for High Court Judges.The two day conference, to be held on November 5th and 6th, will discuss issues such as supervisory and regulatory jurisdiction of the Election Commission and its scope and limits. It also has on its schedule the issue of misuse of Government machinery in elections...
National Judicial Academy, Bhopal has organized an Annual Conference on Application of Election Laws for High Court Judges.
The two day conference, to be held on November 5th and 6th, will discuss issues such as supervisory and regulatory jurisdiction of the Election Commission and its scope and limits. It also has on its schedule the issue of misuse of Government machinery in elections and criminalization of politics.
Concerns such as Anti-Defection Laws in India, and Judicial contributions in Electoral reform will be discussed on Day 2 of the conference.
Events scheduled to be held at the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal in October:
OCTOBER 08-09, 2016: SEMINAR ON THE WORKING OF THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS IN INDIA (P-994)
Issues to be discussed:
Session 1: Scope, Contours & Limits of Judicial Review in CAT
Session 2: Constitutional & Administrative Law Principles Relevant for Adjudication in CAT
Session 3: Scope & Application of Judicial Discretion in Adjudication
Session 4: The Art of Judgment
Session 5: Pace & Progress towards Paperless Adjudication: A Movement towards ‘e-Courts’
Session 6: Reasons for Unabated Flood of Disputes Relating to Promotions, Pay fixation & Disciplinary Proceedings at CAT & Possible Solutions
Session 7: Possibility of Settlement of ‘Service Disputes’ outside CAT: Feasibility of ADR
Issues to be discussed:
Session 1: Significance of public trust in the adjudication process
Session 2: Instruments to mend opinion on Public Trust and Confidence
Session 3: Strengthening Public Trust and Confidence: Requirement of radical restructuring of the systemic defects in the adversarial system
Session 4: Role of ICT in augmenting Public Trust in the Justice System
Session 5: How Media/Movies influence people’s perspectives towards the Justice System
Session 6: Procedural fairness: A key component in public satisfaction
Session 7: Discussion among participants
Issues to be discussed:
Session 1: Importance of Ethics, Integrity and Discipline
Session 2: Consequences of Corruption on the Institution and Public Perception
Session 3: Impact of media on public perception regarding vitality of justice delivery
Session 4: Strengthening Internal Vigilance Mechanism as Response to Rising Judicial Indiscipline
Session 5: Relationship between High Court and District Judiciary
Session 6: E- Justice: Reengineering the judicial process through effective use of ICT
Session 7: Social Context Judging (SCJ) as principle for exercise of Discretion and Application of SCJ in given case studies
Issues to be discussed:
Session 1: Technology integration to reengineer court process and procedures for efficient court administration
Session 2: Relationship management with stakeholders for effective court Administration, and time management
Session 3: Management of court resources
Session 4: Role and importance of Court Managers
Session 5: Role of National Court Management System (NCMS) in court and case management
Session 6: National judicial data grid & role of district judges, and Record Management vis-a-vis digitalization: Efficient use of available ICT Tools in district courts
Session 7: Issues relating to use of ICT
Events scheduled to be held at the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal in November:
NOVEMBER 05-06, 2016: ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLICATION OF ELECTION LAWS (P-998)
Issues to be discussed:
Session 1: Free and Fair Elections – Constitutional and Statutory Bases – Evolution through Precedents
Session 2: The Election Commission – Supervisory and Regulatory Jurisdiction- Scope and Limits
Session 3: Legislative Framework and Judicial Response to Address Misuse of Government Machinery in Elections
Session 4: Criminalization of Politics - Implications for Democracy and Governance
Session 5: Anti- Defection Law in India – Evolution through Statute and Precedents
Session 6: Judicial Contributions to Electoral Reform
Issues to be discussed:
Session 1: Understanding ‘Judicial Integrity’, ‘Discipline’, ‘Indiscipline’, ‘Accountability’ and ‘Conduct Unbecoming of a Judge’
Session 2: Conducting Discreet Inquiries: Role and Responsibilities of Registrar (Vigilance)
Session 3: Preliminary/Fact Finding and Departmental Inquires: Role and Responsibility of Registrar (Vigilance)
Session 4: Use of Police by High Court Vigilance Wing: Issues and Concerns
Session 5: Cognizance and Investigation of Anonymous Complaints
Session 6: Utility of inputs from Inspection Report to the Vigilance Cell
Session 7: Impact of Transparency and Accountability in Vigilance Cell on Performance Appraisal