Judges must remember that just decision of a matter is not enough and their conduct must be such as which would inspire confidence of litigant public.
This was stated by Federal Judicial Academy director-general Chaudhry Hasan Nawaz while inaugurating the eight-week pre-service training course for the newly appointed civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates from Punjab on Monday here at the academy.
Regarding the philosophy of education, quoting Imam Ghazali (RA), the director-general said: "Education must not only seek to fill the youths' minds with knowledge but must at the same time stimulate moral character and make it alive with the properties of social life."
He opined: "Though, said in the 11th century, it still holds the ground and has not become a cliché."
About the continuing judicial education, he said that it provides a formalised process to promote the continuing learning of judges, meant to improve judicial performance and thereby the quality of justice.
"For appreciation of the role of this education in improving the quality of justice, it is necessary to recognise the overarching importance of the process of profession and the significance of the pursuit of competence," he maintained.
He said that at the operational level, the goals and objectives of judicial education are to meet the training and development needs of judicial and law officers.
These needs are defined through a variety of analysis techniques and then addressed through provision of specific education services, including distance learning.
"I am happy to say that, to meet this challenge, we have very recently established a Video Conferencing System in the academy with associated audio video and computer-based packages.
The avowed aim, here again, is to strengthen the academy's institutional capacity, by facilitating distance learning," he added.
Currently, 49 newly recruited civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates including four female judges, from Punjab are under training at the academy.