Orientation Course on the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 & Related Issues on 27.07.2024.

DELHI JUDICIAL ACADEMY

 

Programme Name & Code:   Orientation Course on the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 & Related Issues

Duration, Date & Day:          One Day; 27th July, 2024

Participants:                           CMMs/ACMMs/MMs (including all i.e., General/Mahila Court/NI Act/Reliever) (1/4thof Total Strength), Public Prosecutors of these Courts, Mental Health Professionals in the NCT of Delhi & Officials of Delhi Police

Venue:                                     Conference Hall, 6th Floor, Delhi Judicial Academy.

Programme Director:                        Dr. Aditi Choudhary, Director (Academics)/ Chairperson (Officiating)

Programme Coordinator:      Mr. Prashant Sharma, Additional Director, Delhi Judicial Academy

 

Date & Day

10:00 am – 11:30 am

11:30

11:45 am

11:45 am – 01:15 pm

01:15

01:45 pm

01:45 pm – 03:15 pm

03:15

03:30 pm

03:30 pm – 05:00 pm

27.07.2024

(Saturday)

Session-I

 

Comprehending Mental Health & Mental Illness

  • Shattering stereotypical understanding of Mental Illness
  • Conceptual definitions &explanations

 

Understanding ‘Capacity’

 

  • Mental Capacity & Legal Capacity – Understanding interplay within & Inter-se
  • Understanding Capacity as envisaged under UNCRPD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker:

  • Dr. (Prof.) Nimesh G. Desai, Former Director, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences(IHBAS)President, Mano Vikas Charitable Society

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Session-II

 

Challenges in Implementation of New Criminal Laws

 

Mental Health Act, 2017: Legal Provisions

 

  • Basic Concepts
  • Rights of Persons with Mental Illness
  • Informed Consent
  • Prohibited Procedures
  • Advance Directive
  • Patient Autonomy
  • De-stigmatizing Mental Health Care
  • Responsibilities of the Stakeholders
  • Duties of the Courts
  • Duties of Police
  • Duties of Mental Healthcare Institutions
  • Duties of Jail Superintendent
  • Interplay of the Mental Healthcare Act & Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016

 

Speakers:

  • HMJ Mukta Gupta,

Former Judge, High Court of Delhi.

  • Mr. Gaurav Kumar Bansal,

Advocate

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Session-III

 

Question of Mental Illness in the Judicial Process

 

  • Assessment of Fitness to Stand Trial
  • Objective
  • Procedure
  • Release of Accused 
  • Resumption of Inquiry/Trial
  • Challenges in Implementation

 

  • Defence of Insanity
  • Prerequisites
  • Burden of Proof
  • Factors impacting Judicial Determination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers:

  • Mr.Pulastya Pramachala,

ASJ, North-East, KKD

  • Dr. Om Prakash,

Professor of Psychiatry & MD- IHBAS

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Session-IV

 

Question of Mental Illness in the Judicial Process

 

 

(contd. from the previous session)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers:

  • Mr.Pulastya Pramachala,

ASJ, North-East, KKD

  • Dr. Om Prakash,

Professor of Psychiatry & MD- IHBAS