HYDERABAD, Aug 9: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed, has said that dispensation of justice is a real problem in the province which directly relates to volume of litigation in the court.

Speaking to journalists at the opening ceremony of the law department of the Sindh University here on Tuesday, he said speedy justice can be provided only by changing the litigation culture.

He said it was correct that cases were not being disposed of with the same speed as required.

He said countless cases were filed before the courts without any rhyme or reason.

He said for petty matters the trial of cases lingered on and for that reason the disposal of cases was delayed.

He said an advocate should also decide merits and demerits of a case.

He said it was in fact a continued process for which advocates and general public would have to realise their sense of responsibility.

He said advocates must study the cases before filing them.

About crowding in prisons of Sindh, the CJ said: “the judiciary has taken up the issue of overcrowding in jails with the Sindh government”.

He said it was in fact overcrowding in jails that led to non-production of prisoners.

“We have proposed that prisoners’ vans should be provided to the jail administration and jail officers should be bound down to ensure production”, he said.

Earlier, in his speech as chief guest, he urged legal fraternity to act as a watchdog for improvement of quality of dispensation of justice.

He said an independent opinion to be provided by this department would also help poor.

He offered full cooperation to the University of Sindh in the field of higher education and improvement of quality of legal education.

Sindh University vice-chancellor Mazharul Haque called upon the lawyers to create awareness among people about their noble profession and human rights.

The chairman of the department of law, Mr Yousuf Leghari, said judges and senior lawyers would be invited for a series of lectures to be arranged by the department.

He said there was still very wide room for improvement in the level of investigation.

Sindh Law College principal Ahmed Ali Sheikh also spoke on the occasion.