REGULAR TRAINING CAN STEM ROT IN JUDICIARY

IN an exemplary intervention, the Supreme Court recently directed two judicial officers in Delhi to undergo a week-long training, flagging serious lapses on their part in granting bail in a fraud case.

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The top court found that in successive orders favouring the same accused, the concerned additional chief metropolitan magistrate and sessions judge had disregarded binding precedents and glossed over material facts. Sadly, this was not an isolated incident. This May, the SC upbraided an additional sessions judge in Madhya Pradesh for overlooking the top court's directions in a bail matter and suggested that the judicial officer be sent for a week's training. In May 2023, the SC had asked the Allahabad High Court to withdraw work from a sessions judge and send him to the judicial academy to upgrade his assessment skills. These incidents underline the need for systemic interv