Sri Lankan judges attend capacity-building programme in India

Key Highlights

• These sessions included juvenile justice; judicial interventions to combat money laundering; sentencing procedures and related challenges; environmental law jurisprudence; electronic evidence and cybercrime; and judicial stress management and wellness, among others.
• “In addition, the programme featured educational visits, including a field visit to Sanchi, aimed at providing cultural exposure,” the statement said.
• The programme was organised under the enhanced capacity building framework announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his State Visit to Sri Lanka in April 2025.
• Earlier, the Indian National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, organised a similar knowledge exchange and capacity-building programme from December 15 to 19, 2025.
• With around 300 Sri Lanka civil service officers being trained annually under a MoU between the National Centre for Good Governance of India and the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration, the enhanced capacity-building endeavour by India now benefits 1,000 Sri Lankans annually, the Indian High Commission added.