STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy organised a refresher course for Munsiffs and Judicial Magistrates of Kashmir province on ‘(a) Sections 42, 52 and 56 of Specific Relief Act, (b) Sections 105 to 107 of Transfer of Property Act and (c) Section 106 to 114 of Evidence Act’ here on Sunday.
The course was organised under the patronage of Chief Patron of State Judicial Academy, Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar, Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman and Justice Hasnain Masoodi, Member.
Justice Bashir A. Kirmani, former Judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and presently Chairman, State Consumer Redressal Commission, was the Resource Person.
The programme was conducted by Pawan Dev Kotwal, Director, State Judicial Academy. In his introductory remarks, he emphasised the need for such refresher programmes for the judicial officers.
Justice Kirmani dealt with first and second topics of the programme. He explained the provisions of Sections 42, 52 to 56 of Specific Relief Act i.e. Discretion of Court as to declaration of status or right, preventive relief how granted, temporary and perpetual injunctions, and lease under section 105, 106 and 107 of Transfer of Property Act.
Post lunch-session was dealt by Pawan Dev Kotwal, Director, State Judicial Academy who by his vast and varied experience as District and Sessions Judge made this part of programme more interesting and absorbing by dictating some Court orders and legal terms and interacting with judicial officers.
The participating officers freely interacted with the resource persons and sought clarification of several aspects of application of law and also the ways and means as to how those difficulties are to be surmounted. After the conclusion of the refresher training programme, participating officers felt satisfied about the usefulness of the programme in their day to day official working.
