Lok Sabha Question No. 3195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: Training of Judicial Officer
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Vishaldada Prakashbapu Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3195 ANSWERED ON - 09/08/2024

## TRAINING OF JUDICIAL OFFICER

## 3195 . SHRI VISHALDADA PRAKASHBAPU PATIL:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  memorandum,  guidelines,  or framework to State Judicial Academies and the National Judicial Academy for conducting  training  programs  on  the  new  criminal  legislations  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(b)  the  amount  of  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  for  training  judicial officers, judges, public prosecutors, and other relevant stakeholders on the new criminal law legislations;

(c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  coordinate  with  the  Ministry  of Education and the Bar Council of India to ensure that universities and institutes imparting  legal  education  are  updating  their  curricula  to  include  the  new criminal laws;

(d)  whether any specific directives have been issued in this regard, if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the State Amendments previously made to the IPC, CRPC and IEA will  remain  in  effect  under  the  newly  enacted  criminal  laws,  and  if  so,  the mechanism for their integration or adaptation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) & (b): The National Judicial Academy, Bhopal (NJA), established in 1993 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, operates as an independent society fully funded by the Government of India. The primary mandate of the NJA is to

organize  training  programs  to  support  judges  in  their  judicial  roles  and  court administration responsibilities.

In this context, the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), through its letter dated 23.01.2024, requested the National Judicial Academy to provide inputs, training materials, and a list of resource persons to be utilized for the training and capacity building of police personnel and other stakeholders in  the  context  of  the  new  criminal  laws.  In  pursuance  thereof,  the  National Judicial Academy  is  actively assisting in coordinating with the Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal, and other Central Institutions, as well as State Judicial Academies, to facilitate training and capacity building for all  relevant  stakeholders  on  the  new  criminal  legislations.  Details  of  the academic  programs  proposed  by  State  Judicial  Academies  on  new  Criminal legislations for the Academic year 2024-25 are provided in the Annexure .

Furthermore,  an  amount  of  Rs.  20.00  Crore  has  been  allocated  as  a budget to the National Judicial Academy for the financial year 2024-25.

(c) & (d): The Bar Council of India (BCI), which oversees the legal profession  and  legal  education  in  India,  issued  a  directive  on  20.05.2024 addressed to Vice Chancellors, Registrars, Principals, Deans, and Directors of all Universities and Centers of Legal Education, which mandated the incorporation  of  new  legal  enactments  into  the  Law  curriculum  commencing from the Academic Year 2024-25.

(e): A Gazette Notification {S.O. 2790 (E)} dated 16.07.2024 issued by the Legislative  Department  states  that  'where  any  reference  of  the  Indian  Penal Code (45 of 1860), or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or the Indian  Evidence  Act,  1872  (1  of  1872  or  any  provisions  thereof  is  made  in any- (a) Act made by Parliament; or (b) Act made by the Legislature of any State; (c) Ordinance; (d) Regulations made under article 240 of the Constitution;  (e)  President's  order;  (f)  rules,  regulations,  order  or  notification made under any Act, Ordinance or Regulation, for the time being in force, such

reference  shall  respectively  be  read  as  the  reference  of  the  Bharatiya  Nyaya Sanhita,  2023  (45  of  2023)  (BNS),  the  Bharatiya  Nagarik  Suraksha  Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) (BNSS) or the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) (BSA), and the corresponding provisions of such law shall be construed accordingly.

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## Annexure as referred to in Reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3195 for 09 th  August, 2024

## Details of academic programs proposed by State Judicial Academies on new Criminal Legislations (2024-25)

|   No. | State Judicial Academy                         |   New Criminal Laws |
|-------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy                |                   5 |
|     2 | Assam Judicial Academy, Gauhati                |                   1 |
|     3 | Bihar Judicial Academy                         |                   1 |
|     4 | Chandigarh Judicial Academy                    |                   1 |
|     5 | Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy            |                   1 |
|     6 | Delhi Judicial Academy                         |                   2 |
|     7 | Gujarat State Judicial Academy                 |                   1 |
|     8 | Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy              |                   1 |
|     9 | Jammu &Kashmir State Judicial Academy          |                   1 |
|    10 | Judicial Academy Jharkhand                     |                   6 |
|    11 | Judicial Training &Research Institute, Lucknow |                   1 |
|    12 | Karnataka Judicial Academy                     |                   8 |
|    13 | Kerala Judicial Academy                        |                  12 |
|    14 | Madhya Pradesh State Judicial Academy          |                   1 |
|    15 | Maharashtra Judicial Academy                   |                   1 |
|    16 | Manipur Judicial Academy                       |                   1 |
|    17 | Meghalaya State Judicial Academy               |                   1 |
|    18 | Odisha Judicial Academy                        |                   1 |
|    19 | Rajasthan State Judicial Academy               |                   3 |
|    20 | Sikkim Judicial Academy                        |                   4 |
|    21 | Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy              |                   2 |
|    22 | Telangana State Judicial Academy               |                   2 |
|    23 | Tripura Judicial Academy                       |                  10 |
|    24 | Uttarakhand Judicial and Legal Academy         |                   2 |
|    25 | West Bengal Judicial Academy                   |                   4 |