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Born the youngest child in a large family Jagdish Kumar Mathur lost his father early. Drawing strength from his mother whom he loved to the point of devotion JKM worked hard as a student both in school as well as in College. He graduated in Law and commendably cleared the U.P. as well as Rajasthan Judicial Services Exam.
A self made man, he was determined to excel in his profession. Law in all its aspects fascinated him. His intellectual pursuits of reading and writing helped him delve deeper into the subject of law. The rule of law, the sprit of law, the dispensation of Justice, the service of law. The innumerable challenges that help strengthen the structure of law, the main purpose of which is to provide justice-in his opinion required constant updating to keep up with the need of time. He believed in maintaining and upholding the dignity of his profession firmly. It was not only question of law but it also meant taking cognizance of social changes that affected one and all. Such thoughts found release in his writings.
Late Justice J.K. Mathur joined the judicial services in Uttar Pradesh in 1959 and occupied various judicial offices. He was appointed professor of Law in the LBSNAA, Mussoorie which position he held from 1974 to 1979. He was thereafter, appointed visiting professor in the academy and was on the visiting faculty of number of training institution. He was also appointed as a Consultant on legal Literacy to the Committee for implementation of Legal Aid Schemes, New Delhi. He dreamt of helping to establish an institute for imparting judicial training to judges and judicial officers from time to time to update legal knowledge. He wanted the National Judicial Academy to be a center for legal research and for dispensing training material to the various Judicial Training institute in the country and had come very close to being appointed the First Director of National Judicial Academy, but unfortunately he passed away before joining on that post.
He was the Director of the Judicial training Judicial and Research Institute, Lucknow, a premier institute for training Judicial Officers, before being appointed as a Judge of Allahabad High Court in 1990. He was transferred to Calcutta High Court in 1994 from where he retired in 1995.
Soft spoken with gentle ways JKM was a very warm human being with a remarkable understanding of people. He had a rare knack of bridging generation gaps. He could easily adjust to any age group offering interesting, inspiring company and a great sense of humour.
He dreamt of helping to establish an Institute for imparting judicial training to Judges and Judicial officers from time to time to update legal knowledge. Use to the latest management techniques and technology to assist in dispensation of justice. He wanted the National Judicial Academy to be a center for legal research and a for dispensing training material to the various Judicial Training institutes in the country and had come very close to being the First Director of the National Judicial Academy, as he passed away before joining on the coveted post.
He was of the view that "The Courts are beset with unprecedented problems and the traditional tools have become ineffective in the changed ethos. The Judicial administration has to get out of the beaten ruts and seek collaboration of management and social sciences to regain effectiveness and to face the ever-emerging challenges. Each of its components has to function in unison to maximize the effort." And suggested use of computers in Courts and management techniques of a Information system, management of record, management of court time, cost benefit analysis of process etc.
He had undertaken an empirical study to examine the causes of delay in the Courts while he was District Judge at Moradabad as well as reasons considered by courts in grant or refusal of bail.
Late Justice J.K. Mathur joined the judicial services in U.P in 1959 and occupied various judicial offices. He was appointed professor OF Law in the L.B.S. National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie which position he held from 1974-1979. He was appointed visiting professor in the Academy. He was then appointed visiting faculty in number of training institutions. He was also appointed as Consultant on Legal Literacy to the Committee for Implementation of Legal Aid Schemes, New Delhi.
He was the Director of the Judicial training and Research Institute, Lucknow, a premier institute for training Judicial Officers, before being appointed as Judge of Allahabad High Court in 1990.He was transferred to Calcutta High Court in 1994 from where he retired in 1995. He was also a member of the Committee constituted to establish National Judicial Academy. The computerization in the Supreme Court has been based on his report. He has written number of Articles on Judicial management, environment etc. and has authored 2 books on Law. He passed away on 2.2.2000.