West Bengal Judicial Academy

West Bengal Judicial Academy is a training institution for the Judges of the Indian state of West Bengal and officers of the West Bengal Judicial Service. The institution organises Induction Level Training for newly appointed Judicial Officers as well as entry level District Judges of West Bengal.[2]

West Bengal Judicial Academy
TypeRegistered Society
Established2005
DirectorSri Kundan Kumar Kumai[1]
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India
Campusurban, 5 acres
AffiliationsCalcutta High Court
Websitewbja.nic.in
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History

The Law Commission of India recommended to establish Judicial academies in various state of India for training of all Judges of the subordinate Judiciary. Subsequently, the Supreme Court of India accepted those recommendations and on 28 February Calcutta High Court issued a notification to set up a state Judicial Academy under the name of West Bengal Judicial Academy.[3] On 3 September 2005, the Chief Justice of India Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal inaugurated the Academy in Kolkata.[2] Initially it was started in Bijan Bhawan, Salt Lake but latter transferred to a new campus in Action Area - III of New Town.[4]

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See also

References
  1. Doma Bhutia, Chatterjee, Kumar Pathak, Kesang, Raja, Santosh. "Organisation and Structure of West Bengal Judicial Academy". West Bengal, India: West Bengal Judicial Academy. Retrieved 27 July 2019. The Academy is supervised by a Select Committee comprising of Hon’ble the Chief Justice and other Senior Judges of the Calcutta High Court.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "West Bengal Judicial Academy". wbja.nic.in. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. "The Kolkata Gazette" (PDF). 14 June 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "From abode of judges to guest house". The Telegraph. India. 26 October 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
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