“VISIONING FUTURE JUDICIARY”WORKSHOP FOR THE JUDICIAL OFFICERS

FROM 11 TO 15 MAY, 2015

Five-Days Special Workshop was conducted for the Judicial Officers

from 11 to 15 May, 2015 on “Visioning Future Judiciary”. Forty one Judges

from different cadres attended the workshop.

The participant-Judges sent short articles in advance on the

following topics:

1. What it means to me to be a Judge ?

2. What is my idea of Justice ?

3. The need of law.

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Participants along with (Left to right in front row) Shri P. B Joshi -Judicial Member, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mumbai, Padmashree Professor N.R. Madhava Menon -Hony. Professor and IBA Chair on Continuing Legal Education, NLSIU, Bangalore, Hon'ble Smt. Justice R. P. SondurBaldota, Judge, Bombay High Court, Dr. Amol Padwad -Head, Department of English, J. M. Patel College, Bhandara,

Mrs. P.V.Ganediwala -Joint Director, MJA and Shri S.V.Yarlagadda -Additional Director, MJA

The articles sent by the participants were discussed in the

workshop. Hon'ble Smt. Justice R.P. SondurBaldota, Judge, Bombay High

Court conducted seven sessions on the following topics:

What it means to be a Judge ?

The idea of Justice.

What is the need of law.

Application of law at the

District Court level and below.

Purpose of law.

Spirit of law.

Extraordinary qualities.

The subjects of Indian Evidence Act and the Code of Civil Procedure

were selected for discussion during the workshop. The participants were divided

into six groups. Each group had deliberations and made presentation of their

views and suggestions.

Shri Hari Kotian, Communication Course

Leader, Landmark Forum conducted a

session on The Pervasive Influence of the

Past, Change v. Transformation, Language

as an Access to Power, The Nature of

Choice, transformation as a way of living

and dealing powerfully with breakdowns.

Shri Keyur P. Shah, General Manager,

High Court of Bombay made a presentation

on the use of technology in expediting

criminal trials.

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Hon'ble Smt. Justice R. P. SondurBaldota, Judge, Bombay High Court interacting with the participants

Shri Hari Kotian, Communication Course Leader, Landmark

Forum interacting with the participants

Shri Keyur P. Shah, General Manager, High Court of Bombay interacting with the

participants

Shri P. B Joshi, Former Principal

District Judge and presently

Judicial Member, State Consumer

Disputes Redressal Commission,

Mumbai conducted a session and

open discussion on reducing the

arrears and two sessions on

Hindu Law and Hindu Succession

especially the amended Section 6.

Dr. Amol Padwad, Head,

Department of English, J. M.

Patel College, Bhandara

conducted four sessions. He gave

lectures, made presentations and

gave activities for the participants

on the following topics:

• Introduction to Legal English.

• Using Legal English Effectively- Syntax.

• Using Legal English Effectively – Vocabulary.

• Samples of Legal English.

• Writing Effective Legal English.

• Tips for More Effective Writing.

• Skills of Summarizing.

• Translation Skills.

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Shri P. B Joshi, Former Principal District Judge and presently Judicial Member,

State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mumbai

Dr. Amol Padwad, Head, Department of English, J. M. Patel College, Bhandara.

Padmashree Professor N.R.

Madhava Menon, Hony.

Professor and IBA Chair on

Continuing Legal Education,

NLSIU, Bangalore conducted a

session, delivered a lecture and

had interaction with the

participants on the following

topics.

• Independence of judiciary and challenges from within and outside.

• Professional competence and capacity to be fair and firm.

• Fact finding will become more objective and contextual.

• Majority of disputes will be settled without trial in future.

• Greater integration of judiciary nationally and internationally.

Dr. Madhava Menon observed that this workshop organized to take

a collective vision of what is in store for the Indian Judiciary, say in 2025, is

indeed a very special and unusual event for many reasons. Firstly, it is an idea

generally left to Chief Justices or other constitutional authorities and not to the

“subordinate judiciary” whose representatives are the select participants here.

Secondly, judges from all three levels of subordinate judiciary are sitting together

as equals and deliberating on the theme ignoring for the present their respective

status in the judicial hierarchy. Thirdly, it is not organized to seek any individual

or collective benefits for judges themselves, but to reflect on their role in justicing

and nation building and to build their capacity for taking on the task ahead.

Hence, he congratulated the Academy, the participants and especially Hon'ble

Smt. Justice R. P. SondurBaldota, Judge, Bombay High Court for the initiative

taken in public interest. (Detailed text of his speech is enclosed).

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Padmashree Professor N.R. Madhava Menon, Hony. Professor and IBA Chair on

Continuing Legal Education, NLSIU, Bangalore interacting with the participants

During the last session of the workshop the participants made

commitment that by creating small projects for their own Courts and by setting

goals to be achieved by them in long term as well as short term, they can make

an endeavour to improve the system. They would improve their performance

which would be reflected in quantity and quality. Whenever there would be a

follow up programme of this workshop, they would be in a position to make a

presentation as to what they have achieved with the help of the knowledge and

skills acquired during the present workshop.

YOGA TRAINING

During the training period Yoga Training has been provided by

Sau. Shailaja P. Deshmukh to the participants.

FACULTY MEMBERS DURING THE WORKSHOP

1) Hon'ble Smt. Justice R. P. SondurBaldota, Judge, Bombay High Court.

2) Padmashree Professor N.R. Madhava Menon, Hony. Professor and IBA Chair on Continuing Legal Education, NLSIU, Bangalore.

3) Shri P. B Joshi, Judicial Member, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mumbai.

4) Shri Keyur P. Shah, General Manager, High Court of Bombay.

5) Dr. Amol Padwad, Head, Department of English, J. M. Patel College, Bhandara.

6) Shri Hari Kotian, Communication Course Leader, Landmark Education.

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Sr. No

Name of Judicial Officer Designation District

District Judge Cadre

1 Smt. Vibha Vasantrao Kankanwadi Principal District and Sessions Judge

Wardha

2 Shri Srinivas Brijmohan Agrawal Principal District and Sessions Judge

Jalgaon

3 Shri Rajendra Govind Avachat Registrar, High Court of Bombay Mumbai

4 Shri Shrikant D. Kulkarni Registrar (Judicial-I), High Court of Bombay

Mumbai

5 Smt. Vibha Vikas Virkar District Judge-1& Addl. Sessions Judge

Thane

6 Shri Ravindra Madhusudan Joshi Registrar, High Court of Bombay Mumbai

7 Shri Uday Balkrishna Shukla Judge, City Civil Court and Addl. Session Judge

Mumbai

8 Shri Aniruddha Mukund Chandekar District Judge–1 & Addl. Session Judge

Wardha

9 Shri Amogh Shyamkant Kaloti District Judge–2 & Addl. Session Judge

Buldhana

10 Srhi Mohd. Salman Iqbal Ahmad Azmi District Judge–10 & Addl. Session Judge

Nagpur

11 Shri Moreshwar Shantaram Kulkarni District Judge–5 & Addl. Session Judge

Latur

12 Shri Samir Shambhunath Kanthale Joint Director, JOTI Nagpur

13 Shri Uday Manoharrao Padwad Adhoc District Judge-1 & Asstt. Session Judge

Washim

14 Shri Prasad Laxmikant Palsingankar Judge, Family Court Mumbai

Senior Division Cadre

15 Shri Rajendra Vishnupantrao Jambkar Judge, Labour Court Mumbai

16 Shri Rajesh Sadashiv Pavaskar Chief Metropolitan Magistrate 1st Court, Explanade, Mumbai

17 Shri Nasirhusen Mohiddin Jamadar Deputy Registrar, HC., Bombay Mumbai

18 Shri Chandrashekhar Vijaykumar Marathe Metropolitan Magistrate 25th Court, Mazgaon, Mumbai

19 Smt. Swarnita Balasaheb Mahale Metropolitan Magistrate 54th Court, Mazgaon, (PITA), Mumbai

20 Shri Sanjay Namdevrao Yadav Deputy Secretary, MALSA Mumbai

21 Shri Onkar Ramrao Deshmukh 2nd Jt. Civil Judge Senior Division & ACJM

Osmanabad

22 Shri Sharad Raghunath Pawar 2nd Jt. Civil Judge Senior Division & ACJM

Nanded

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Sr. No

Name of Judicial Officer Designation District

23 Shri Dinesh Raghunathrao Shetty Civil Judge Senior Division Karad, Satara

24 Smt. Neeta Shrikant Anekar Metropolitan Magistrate 60th Court, Kurla, Mumbai

25 Shri Vilas Vasant Gaikwad Metropolitan Magistrate 30th Court, Kurla, Mumbai

26 Shri Digamber Yashwant Gaud 4th Jt. Civil Judge Senior Division & ACJM

Thane

Junior Division Cadre

27 Smt. Palak Nasirhusen Jamadar Assistant Registrar, HC., Bombay Mumbai

28 Smt. Huma Kausar Abdul Sami Ansari 4th Jt. CJJD & JMFC Aurangabad

29 Shri Pankaj Kamlakar Deshpande CJJD & JMFC Anjangaon, Amravati

30 Shri chandrapal Ramesh Balwani 2nd Jt. CJJD & JMFC Amravati

31 Shri Kunwarsingh Rajbahadursingh Singhel

Jt. CJJD & JMFC Gondia

32 Shri Asgar Hyder Baig 2nd Jt. CJJD & JMFC Malegaon, Nashik

33 Shri Pranav Baburao Remane CJJD & JMFC Panhala, Kolhapur

34 Smt. Pradnya Vasant Medhe 3rd Jt. CJJD & JMFC Kalyan, Thane

35 Shri Nikhil Ajitkumar Gupta 2nd Jt. CJJD &JMFC Newasa, Ahmednagar

36 Shri Mukul Madhusudan Chitale CJJD & JMFC Karanja, Washim

37 Shri Chandrabhushan Namdeorao Ondare CJJD & JMFC Dharmabad, Nanded

38 Smt. Aarti Arunkumar Kulkarni Jt. CJJD & JMFC Karjat, Ahmednagar

39 Smt. Ketaki Madan Chavan 11th Jt. CJJD & JMFC Kolhapur

40 Shri Deepak Rameshchandra Bhola CJJD & JMFC Armori, Gadchiroli

41 Smt. Neha Mohit Panchariya Jt. CJJD & JMFC Ballarpur, Chandrapur

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