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The Delhi Judicial
Academy (DJA) owes its existence to the vision and foresight of Hon’ble Mr.
Justice S.B. Sinha, then Chief Justice, High Court of Delhi, and Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Anil Dev Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Hon’ble Mr.
Justice V.S. Aggarwal, Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri, Hon’ble Mr. Justice
R.C. Chopra and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, then members of the
Judicial Officers Training Programme Committee.
The
Delhi
Judicial
Academy was inaugurated on 22nd February 2002 in the Karkardooma
Courts Complex by Hon’ble Mr. Chief Justice S.B. Sinha. It continues to
function at the same place but is soon to shift to the Integrated Complex at
Dwarka housing the Delhi
Judicial
Academy and the
National
Law
University, Delhi.
The Delhi Judicial
Academy functions under the administrative and financial control of the
High Court of Delhi. The Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi is the
ex-officio Patron-in-Chief of the Academy. The Judicial Education and
Training Programme Committee comprising of four judges of the High Court of
Delhi nominated by the Patron-in-Chief supervises the functioning of the
Academy.
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