Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma, C.J.*, and Tushar Rao Gedela, J.*, directed the Government of Delhi to finalize its proposal qua the establishment of a specialized training academy for public prosecutors within four weeks’ form the date of this order and file an affidavit outlining the steps taken in furtherance of the same before the next date of hearing.
In the present case, vide order dated 14-09-2023, this Court had directed the Government of Delhi to assist the Union of India with requisite information required to facilitate the revision of pay scales of Assistant Public Prosecutors. Further, this Court had directed the Government of Delhi to file a status report in relation to (i) the implementation of direction regarding training programmes, and (ii) the latest position of vacancies in respect of public prosecutors.
The Court noted that the newly appointed Public Prosecutors had been provided with adequate training at the Delhi Judicial Academy; and that a proposal for a specialized academy was pending consideration with the Government of Delhi. The Court further noted that said training was provided by the Government of Delhi on an ad hoc basis and had reiterated the need for a structured training programme for the newly appointed Public Prosecutors.
The Court observed that vide its order dated 14-09-2023, public prosecutors’ shoulder weighty responsibilities in the discharge of their duties. The Court thus directed the Government of Delhi to finalize its proposal qua the establishment of a specialised training academy for public prosecutors within four weeks’ form the date of this order and file an affidavit outlining the steps taken in furtherance of the same before the next date of hearing.
The matter would next be listed on 06-12-2023.
[Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association v. Rajiv Mehrishi, 2023 SCC OnLine Del 7190, Order dated 01-11-2023]
Advocates who appeared in this case :
For the Petitioner: Rajeev K. Virmani, Senior Advocate; Krishan Kumar, Shivam Bedi, Gargi Singh, Sunita Arora, Kumar Sanjay, Ashish Dixit, Deveshi Madan, Gunjan Soni, Advocates
For the Respondent: Anuj Aggarwal, Chetan Sharma, ASC; Anil Soni, Ajay Digpaul, Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC; Jamshed Ansari, Andy Sehgal, APP; Santosh Kr. Tripathi, SC; Arun Panwar, Pradyumn Rao, Utkarsh Singh, Kartik Sharma, Prashansa Sharma, Rishabh Srivastava, Arshya Singh, Yash Upadhaya, Amit Gupta, Saurabh Tripathi, Vikramaditya Singh, Swati Kwatra, Devvrat Yadav, Gaurav Agrawal, Manan Daga, Naresh Kaushik, Advocates
