STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: State Judicial Academy on Sunday conducted a special training programme on Proficiency in Urdu Language and Order Writing and ‘Implications of Supreme Court Judgment in Arnesh Kumar’s case u/s 498-A RPC’ for all Munsiffs/Judicial Magistrates of 2010 and 2013 batch posted in Jammu province at Jammu.
The programme was organised 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 Governing body of State Judicial Academy Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, Member, Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, Justice (Retd.) Muzaffar Jan, Ramesh Kumar Wattal, District and Sessions Judge and Abdul Rashid Malik, Director, State Judicial Academy were the Resource Persons for the programme.
The proceedings were conducted by Abdul Rashid Malik, Director, State Judicial Academy, who deliberated upon the need for organising of such training programme. He stressed upon the fact that Urdu language is an indispensable part of judicial system and embodies a very rich and creative legacy relating to court proceedings. Use of Urdu in court proceedings saves time, space and energy.
Justice Kotwal emphasised upon the judicial officers to become conversant with Urdu and its use in the interim and final orders as the use of Urdu invariably saves time and is also very important from the point of view of witnesses, evidence, pleadings and other stake holders.
There is a profound and rich case law in Urdu for the last 50 years and some of the Urdu judgments have been preserved in the High Court museum as well. He urged the judicial officers that while passing interim orders, they have to be very careful as cryptic orders adversely affect the rights of the parties. All our orders, final or interim, directly or indirectly determine the rights of the parties and are supposed to adhere to the due process of law.
Justice Muzaffar Jan highlighted the cannons of judicial ethics and the duty of judicial magistrates at the time of granting remand. He emphasized the fact that people have a right to judge the judicial officers as the judicial officers are judging the people. The confidence of the people upon our judicial system is the only asset in our hands and we have to preserve the same at all costs, he added.
Ramesh Kumar Wattal, District and Sessions Judge highlighted the importance of proficiency in Urdu in judicial proceedings by referring to the history and background of rich culture of urdu language in the court administration. He informed the judicial officers as to how the interim orders can be passed and can be recorded in Urdu in a brief and lucid manner. The programme was concluded with vote of thanks by the Director, State Judicial Academy.
