RAWALPINDI: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik on Saturday said close coordination between bar and bench was vital for speedy trial and provision of justice.

“All stakeholders should extend their cooperation in fulfilling legal requirements so that the under trail cases could be decided without any delay,” he stated this while addressing the office bearers of High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi Bench, District Bar Associations of Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Jhalum and Bar Association of Rawalpindi Division.

Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa, Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmed Khan, Justice Arshad Mehmood Tabasum, Justice Khalid Mehmood Malik, Justice Ch. Muhammad Masood Jahngir, Justice Masud Abid Naqvi, Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan, District and Session Judges and Senior Lawyers were present on the occasion.

The LHC chief justice said the main objective of the judiciary was to restore the confidence of litigants who wanted speedy justice on merit.

Keeping in view the expectations of all concerned every possible effort was being made to minimize the pendency of cases in trial courts.

He said lawyers were respectable section of the society who had played pivotal role in upholding law and justice and their active participation and cooperation would further help in speedy trial of cases and prompt decisions.

He said to overcome the shortfall, 600 new civil judges would become part of judiciary by September while induction of new Additional and Session Judges would also be completed by the end of this year.

The LHC chief justice said the under trial cases in the High Court up to 2007 would be decided by the end of July 2015.

The CJ assured the lawyers community that their grievances would be resolved.

He also lauded the role of office bearers of lawyer’s organisations in mitigating their fraternity’s sufferings.

Later, the Lahore High Court chief justice also addressed judicial offices and said that they should discharge their responsibilities with professional commitment so that the process of speedy justice could be accelerated in letter and spirit.

Published in Dawn, April 19th, 2015

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