The Delhi Judicial Academy (DJA) owes its existence to the vision and foresight of Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha, then Chief Justice, High Court of Delhi, and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anil Dev Singh, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.S. Aggarwal, Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri, Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.C. Chopra and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, then members of the Judicial Officers Training Programme Committee.

The Delhi Judicial Academy was inaugurated on 22nd February 2002 in the Karkardooma Courts Complex by Hon’ble Mr. Chief Justice S.B. Sinha. It continues to function at the same place but is soon to shift to the Integrated Complex at Dwarka housing the Delhi Judicial Academy and the National Law University, Delhi.

The DJA is a department of the NCT of Delhi supervised by the High Court of Delhi. The Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi is the ex-officio Patron-in-Chief of the Academy. The Judicial Education and Training Programme Committee comprising of four judges of the High Court of Delhi nominated by the Patron-in-Chief supervises the functioning of the Academy.