booklet for uploading for special workshop form 11 to 15 may, 2015
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“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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