Forensic Geotechnical Engineering has been developed on the basis of legal issues to identify the causes of a lawsuit. It contributes to better understanding of the failure phenomenon, and helps in improving analysis procedures, and develop guidelines for design of disaster resistant structures. The so called standard procedures of testing, analysis, design and construction that are used in practice are not adequate for the Forensic Analysis in majority of cases. The forensic approach helps in identifying what went wrong how, when, why and by whom. Similarly, understanding the effect of vibratory loading due to machinery and/or construction operations on the performance of structures in the context of geotechnical failure is another factor that poses significant challenges. The symposium intends to focus not only on legal issues, but also on forensic procedures like back analysis based upon the performance, facts and mechanism of failure involved.