The judicial officers, lawyers and all other officers, who are
involved in JDS, are oblivious of the merits, benefits and advantages of
training courses. A few salient beneficial features of training courses are
noted below:
i) Judicial education through training makes judicial officers
professionals. It helps rendering justice faster.
ii) The training increases the confidence and authority level of
judges. It also enhances rationality in judicial interpretation of
laws, which helps in rendering bold judgments, quite oblivious
to political repercussions. This leads to judicial independence;
iii) It enhances judicial approach, which results in the improved
service in the JDS;
iv) It gives opportunity to the officers to overcome their individual
biases. In judicial colloquia, seminars, work-shops etc. the
officers can express their hidden prejudices which they
normally do not relate to their colleagues individually.
v) It helps removing the potential inconsistencies and conflicts in
judicial decisions;
vi) Legal literacy helps the officers in acquainting themselves with
the changes in law;
vii) Legal education offers the opportunity to find grey areas where
the existing laws need modification and/or to interpret the laws
in accordance with new international treaties and covenants;
viii) Training helps use of science and new technology, which may
increase perfection in judicial decisions.
It is difficult to prepare a complete chart of benefits of training.
Only handful examples of advantages of judicial work-shops have been
set-out above, which can be termed as snapshots of training merits. As
a whole, merit of continued judicial education/training far outweighs the
apprehended demerits.