ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial has launched the first research journal of the Federal Judicial Academy during the concluding ceremony of the ‘leadership and management training’ held for district and sessions judges from all over the country.

“Judicial education has emerged as a specialised discipline across the globe for proper and expeditious discharge of judicial functions. It has a critical role in grooming judicial officers,” the chief justice said at the certificate-awarding ceremony held on Saturday.

According to a press release, Justice Bandial appreciated the efforts of the academy and the editorial board of the Federal Law Journal for the initiative as it would provide a platform to judicial officers as well as justice-sector stakeholders to contribute to legal knowledge.

The director Research and Publication presented an overview of the Federal Law Journal and briefed the participants about the content of the prefatory issue of the journal.

Lauding the contents of the training course, the Supreme Court chief justice said: “Leadership and management are significant life skills and the academy has performed a commendable job to design and develop courses and arrange trainings for the district and sessions judges from all over Pakistan.”

Earlier, the academy’s director general, Hayat Ali Shah, gave an overview of the course.

He said: “District judiciary is the backbone of our judicial system. The district and sessions judges stand as the face of judiciary to the litigant public and this academy always strives to beautify this face for effective service delivery.”

In the end, the chief justice awarded certificates to the trainee district and sessions judges and the law interns.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2022