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 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 CATSession 2: Constitutional & Administrative Law Principles Relevant for Adjudication in CATSession 3: Scope & Application of Judicial Discretion in AdjudicationSession 4: The Art of JudgmentSession 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 SolutionsSession 7: Possibility of Settlement of ‘Service Disputes’ outside CAT: Feasibility of ADROCTOBER 15-16, 2016: ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR HIGH COURT JUSTICES ON MAPPING PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM (P-995)Issues to be discussed:Session 1: Significance of public trust in the adjudication processSession 2: Instruments to mend opinion on Public Trust and ConfidenceSession 3: Strengthening Public Trust and Confidence: Requirement of radical restructuring of the systemic defects in the adversarial systemSession 4: Role of ICT in augmenting Public Trust in the Justice SystemSession 5: How Media/Movies influence people’s perspectives towards the Justice SystemSession 6: Procedural fairness: A key component in public satisfactionSession 7: Discussion among participantsOCTOBER 22-23, 2016: SOUTH ZONE REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENHANCING EXCELLENCE OF THE JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES (P-996)Issues to be discussed:Session 1: Importance of Ethics, Integrity and DisciplineSession 2: Consequences of Corruption on the Institution and Public PerceptionSession 3: Impact of media on public perception regarding vitality of justice deliverySession 4: Strengthening Internal Vigilance Mechanism as Response to Rising Judicial IndisciplineSession 5: Relationship between High Court and District JudiciarySession 6: E- Justice: Reengineering the judicial process through effective use of ICTSession 7: Social Context Judging (SCJ) as principle for exercise of Discretion and Application of SCJ in given case studiesOCTOBER 15-16, 2016: WORKSHOP ON COURT ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES AND ICT TOOLS USAGE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL (P-997)Issues to be discussed:Session 1: Technology integration to reengineer court process and procedures for efficient court administrationSession 2: Relationship management with stakeholders for effective court Administration, and time managementSession 3: Management of court resourcesSession 4: Role and importance of Court ManagersSession 5: Role of National Court Management System (NCMS) in court and case managementSession 6: National judicial data grid & role of district judges, and Record Management vis-a-vis digitalization: Efficient use of available ICT Tools in district courtsSession 7: Issues relating to use of ICTEvents 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 PrecedentsSession 2: The Election Commission – Supervisory and Regulatory Jurisdiction- Scope and LimitsSession 3: Legislative Framework and Judicial Response to Address Misuse of Government Machinery in ElectionsSession 4: Criminalization of Politics - Implications for Democracy and GovernanceSession 5: Anti- Defection Law in India – Evolution through Statute and PrecedentsSession 6: Judicial Contributions to Electoral ReformNOVEMBER 05-06, 2016: ANNUAL NATIONAL SEMINAR ON FUNCTIONS OF REGISTRAR (VIGILANCE/INSPECTION) IN DIFFERENT HIGH COURTS (P-999)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 ConcernsSession 5: Cognizance and Investigation of Anonymous ComplaintsSession 6: Utility of inputs from Inspection Report to the Vigilance CellSession 7: Impact of Transparency and Accountability in ...

National Judicial Academy, Bhopal Organizes Annual Conference On Application Of Election Laws

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