May 26, 2002	Sunday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 13,1423

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PESHAWAR, May 25: The Guinness World Records (GWR) has expressed its inability to include in its record the name of a Pakistani civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate for fastest judicial cases disposal.

The GWR has claimed that as they had no concerned category wherein the record of the said civil judge could be mentioned, therefore, the request of the concerned court could not be entertained.

The civil judge, Amjad Zia Siddiqui, has decided 235 cases in a single day at Abbotabad, exposing the burden on the lower courts.

The officials of the court claimed that the judge had set a record by disposing of such a large number of cases in six hours, of a working day.

The court had decided these cases on April 10, 2002. Out of 235 cases, 218 were decided under the forest laws, 15 under Wireless and Telegraphy Act 1933 and two under the Pakistan Penal Code.

In 92 working hours, from April 1 to April 30, the court had decided 1,859 cases.

Moreover, in 46 working hours, from April 2 to April 10, the court decided 1,310 cases.

The concerned court officials told Dawn that they had sent the details to the GWR on April 20, because as far as they know none of the courts anywhere in the world had decided 235 cases in a single day of six working hours.

However, Amanda Sprague of the concerned Records and Research Services informed them that the GWR was unable to entertain this entry.

In her reply she stated: “we believe that this is the first record of the type we have received for this reason it is very difficult for us to say whether or not you would establish any kind of record.

“Records have to be both measurable and comparable, like tallest, fastest, heaviest, etc. and tend to have arisen as a result of a great deal of interest or competition.”