A total of 50 judicial officers from different subordinate courts are likely to join a training programme at the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal, a State Judicial Academy of India from February 10 to 20 this year.
The Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs has approved a proposal of the participation of the 50 judicial officers to the training.
According to a recent notification from the Ministry's Law and Justice Division, this approval was given following the recommendations from the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
The judges at various levels, including Assistant Judges, Senior Assistant Judges, Joint District and Sessions Judges, Additional District and Sessions Judges, and District and Sessions Judges, have been nominated for the training.
The notification states that the Indian government will bear all expenses for the training, with no financial obligation on the part of the Bangladesh government.
This initiative is part of an agreement signed in April 2017 during former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India. The memorandum of understanding between Bangladesh Supreme Court and Indian National Judicial Academy aims to enhance the skills and capacity of Bangladeshi judicial officials.
Following the agreement, then-Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha remarked in July 2017 about the importance of training for judges, noting that every state in India has a judicial training institute, along with the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal.
He mentioned that under the agreement around 1,500 to 1,600 Bangladeshi judges would be trained.
The first batch of judicial officers attended training in India from October 10 to 24, 2017. Since then, many judges have undergone training under this agreement.
