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LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has expressed concern over the large number of cases pending in Punjab courts.
“Some 200,000 cases are pending with districts courts across Punjab while the number of such cases in the LHC is around 130,00,” said Justice Shah in his keynote speech at the concluding session of the two-day international round-table conference on scope and future of judicial academies organised by the Punjab Judicial Academy (PJA) in collaboration with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Sunday.
Read: Justice delayed is justice denied
The justice system was meant to ensure provision of justice to the common man. “The importance of Metro bus, roads and other development works cannot be undermined but the common man wants quick dispensation of justice,” said Justice Shah while stressing the need to rectify the grey areas in the system.
Referring to the traditional procedure of case management, the LHC chief justice pointed out the hindrances in disposing of cases while urging judicial officers and judges to make themselves fully conversant with latest knowledge in order to monitor and expedite the hearing of cases.
He said that Punjab Judicial Academy (PJA) was imparting training to all the judicial officers and court staff of the province. The PJA was currently overhauling its approach towards the curricula, faculty development, research and publication, methods of adult training, use of information technology, monitoring and evaluation and administration of the judicial academy.
Directors general of federal and all provincial judicial academies, jurists and legal experts from different countries including Ireland, Turkey, Nepal, South Africa and Greece participated in the conference.
Published in Dawn, May 15th, 2017
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May 15, 2017 08:20am
honorable C.J LHC is quite right in saying about quick dispensation of Justice , it is nothing to do with Metro or other infrastructure , Courts can do this even having not much resources , only needed thing is the will .
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May 15, 2017 08:21am
Your highness: Did you ask Chief Minister before making such comments? Do you know your life can be in danger, if you didn't.
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May 15, 2017 08:22am
Hundred of thousands of cases are in pending, but top judges are attending award/laptop distribution ceremony. Interacting with public and irrelevant people.
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May 15, 2017 08:25am
... urging judicial officers and judges to make themselves fully conversant with latest knowledge in order to monitor and expedite the hearing of cases." _In other words some prosecutors need to increase their knowledge, and some judges have been judges too long. Their clerks probably need to update their computer systems skills as well.
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May 15, 2017 08:29am
Yes quick justice and education and health and drinking water and safety and security and law and order and..............much more
Metro bus comes at the end.
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May 15, 2017 08:51am
what you , yourself did? when an application was sent to you to seek explaination from assistant registrar, lahore high court, Mr. A.D. Khalid. Your advocates keep taking money from plaintiffs, to write petitions, where as such matters can be resolved by provincial and federal ombudsman.
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May 15, 2017 09:14am
Absolutely.CJ LHC has rightly drawn attention towards grey areas and bureaucratic red tapism,which delay the Federal Govt offices of ministries dealing public for their genuine rightful routine matters,isn't it appalling that 330,000 cases are pending only in Punjab,if you add cases from other provinces too,the figure may exceed 500,000.Worse are the circumstances in ministerial offices,lack of governance,the habit of delaying inordinately the public matters are rampant,maladministration,injustices,non- transparent decisions are order of the day. In developed nations the government functionaries normally respond to email or post inquiries within 2 to 5 days,besides right of information is open for all citizens and residents as well.We talk about democracy but we only choose only those lines which comfort the bureaucrats and politicians,and keep the common man grievances as no subject.There is dire need to enforce strict SOP and with time limits to deliver to public works or leave job.
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May 15, 2017 09:15am
It is the courts and mafia in courts to blame for such a miserable system where only orders are passed but no justice is provided. You and your colleagues are responsible for this injustice prevailing in Pakistan.
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May 15, 2017 09:22am
Respectable cheif jusice LHC, who will ensure this quick justice?? Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin??
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May 15, 2017 09:28am
Dont we know this?? Honorable CJ.
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May 15, 2017 09:42am
Then provide it !
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May 15, 2017 10:00am
Action needed small big whatever you can do. Delivering just speeches has not and will not help.
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May 15, 2017 10:05am
Yes - true we have the biggest problem of quick justice, but who will provide so ?
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May 15, 2017 10:15am
the basic necessities of life is not metro bus rather govt should educate and provide the very basic necessities for example good health facilities and cheap education provision.
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May 15, 2017 10:17am
This is nothing new Sir CJ sahib. But thanks. Access to quick Justice and normal Justice remains a dream for poor Pakistani citizens.
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May 15, 2017 10:38am
I have seen how courts conduct their dept exams. Cheating conditions are worse than B.com papers held in Sindh. Expecting Justice is foolish.
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May 15, 2017 10:39am
@TN
True. Every body keeps on telling us what our problems are. Sadly, nobody, who is somebody, is ready to take practical steps to stem the rot.
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May 15, 2017 10:57am
Excellent, sir. Priorities are being determined not by public service angle.Yet there is drum beating to this effect.
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May 15, 2017 11:13am
Isnt that your job to do.what has metro got to do with it.why is something for the poor people so painfull for you rich guys.
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May 15, 2017 11:19am
All developed countries are using Artificial Intelligence Computer Software, untill we also adopt to 21st Century Tools, we have no chance of achieving anything.
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May 15, 2017 11:26am
Unfortunately, since years; the citizens of PAKISTAN are consistent target of our rotten, corrupt and disheartening justice system that is working on behest of corrupt Law Enforcing Agencies and Arrogant / Corrupt Political mafia.
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May 15, 2017 11:36am
Why everybody makes speeches? Mr Chief Justice go ahead who is stopping you from correcting the extremely lengthy and complicated procedures in courts? My father is involved in a small property case, which is like two plus two, but after two years, we see little progress.
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May 15, 2017 12:20pm
“Some 200,000 cases are pending with districts courts across Punjab while the number of such cases in the LHC is around 130,00,” said Justice Shah "
Dear judge, this is your domain, please offer solution, the nation is already confronted with thousands of problems, no plus one more please.
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May 15, 2017 12:33pm
@WaseeM A. Minhas "Respectable cheif jusice LHC, who will ensure this quick justice??" The state of Pakistan. A state headed by people of your choice, not the CJ's choice. This question should be addressed to your representatives, not him. Please learn to question the responsible people.
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May 15, 2017 12:45pm
It is encouraging that someone from TOP has realized the ground realities. Let us hope things shall get better. Bravo CJ-LHC
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May 15, 2017 01:41pm
And the most unfortunate part is that one can’t have JUSTICE in this country and it can always be bought…
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May 15, 2017 02:04pm
Unfortunately, since years; the citizens of PAKISTAN are consistent target of our rotten, corrupt and disheartening justice system that is working on behest of corrupt Law Enforcing Agencies and Arrogant / Corrupt Political mafia.
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May 15, 2017 02:32pm
@yawar Totally in agreement with you Sir
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May 15, 2017 02:38pm
@yawar Agreed.
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May 15, 2017 02:38pm
Delaying and scamming people! That's what lawyers do.
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May 15, 2017 02:45pm
Chief Justice sahib has been highlighting pending cases in the courts for quite some time. Justice delayed is justice denied. We (masses) fully support you sir in your Noble cause. It is time some important measures must be taken in the form of judicial reforms that should reduce the time limit of finalization of cases in the court. My request to law makers and lawyers is to please help chief justice. Sahib in this Noble cause irrespective of your political affiliation.
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May 15, 2017 02:51pm
Kudos to the Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah for his true and timely statement pertaining to the slow pace of the justice system in the "land of the pure" in general and its biggest populated province Punjab, in particular.
The "movers and shakers" living in GOR I, II and III in Lahore must understand, realize and know that in all law textbooks taught in the whole world, there is one common theme on which everybody no matter which country or place they stem from, agrees as following:
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Justice Delayed in Justice Denied.
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In a nutshell, that is exactly the hallmark of justice system in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Wake-up please wake-up before its too late.
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May 15, 2017 11:43pm
@Dr Ahmad - Melbourne Bravo brother!!
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