Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 23: In order to sensitize the role players in Criminal Justice System, a two day workshop was organised by the State Judicial Academy on 22nd and 23rd March 2014.
As part of continued improvement in the Criminal Justice System and in order to sensitise the Investigation Officers, Prosecutors and Judicial officers about the various facets of the criminal investigation with special reference to variety of Crimes.
Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman Committee, State Judicial Academy who inaugurated the two days workshop, in his inaugural address emphasized the objective of this workshop on "Criminal Justice and Forensic Process".
Justice Attar impressed upon the trainees to make optimum use of the expertise of the resource persons, and to improve their professional skills, knowledge about how to proceed, right from the beginning when a report is filed, how to collect physical evidence and later how to prosecute. The Judge emphasized the importance of the programme and stated that the entire purpose of these institutions of Criminal Justice System is to ensure order in the society.
Therefore, the understanding of these concepts by all the stake holders will have a direct bearing on the efficiency of the maintenance of law and order.
Suresh Kumar Sharma, Registrar General of J&K High Court and Incharge Director State Judicial Academy appraised about the importance of the imparting of continuous training even while on job as part of the regular curriculum of any professional organisation.
It is very important that the guardians of law are ahead of the outlaws so as to maintain order or else there will be uncertainty while orderly society deteriorates into anarchy and lawlessness resulting into issues of naxalites and other prohibited militant outfits, to whom common people approach in case of failure of the system to deliver.
The workshop was conducted by forensic experts Dr. T.S.N. Murthy, Director (Technical) and GVSV Prasad, Director, Truth Labs., Hyderabad. |
