38 lower court judges to be trained in India

Thirty-eight lower court judges will receive a two-week higher training from India’s National Judicial Academy from January 5 to 19 next year to enhance their competence and knowledge.

The law ministry issued a notice to this effect yesterday.

Bikash Kumar Saha, joint secretary to the law ministry, told The Daily Star that the government and the Supreme Court had taken an initiative to send all around 1,500 lower court judges to India in phases for higher training on different issues including criminal and civil laws and cybercrime.

As part of the initiative, 83 lower court judges have already received training.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the authorities concerned of Bangladesh Supreme Court and the National Judicial Academy earlier this year.

Under the MoU, the Indian government will bear all the expenses of the training, he added.