PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice SM Attique Shah on Friday termed the district judiciary the bedrock of the judicial system and emphasized upon the district and sessions judges to ensure inexpensive and expeditious dispensation of justice to litigants by assuming leadership roles in their respective districts.

The chief justice was offering concluding remarks while chairing a one-day District and Sessions Judges Conference held here at the Peshawar High Court, which was also attended by judges of the administration committee of the court.

The chief justice emphasised institutional discipline, effective execution of court orders, lawful coordination with stakeholders, transparency, accountability, integrity and technology-based efficiency to strengthen public confidence in the justice system.

The conference was attended by the principal officers of the high court and district and session judges from Peshawar, Mansehra, Nowshera, Mohmand, Malakand, Bannu, Hangu, Upper Chitral, Upper Dir, Lower Kohistan, Kolai-Palas and Tank.

It was organised to review judicial administration, strengthen institutional coordination and deliberate upon measures aimed at improving judicial efficiency and service delivery across the district judiciary.

At the outset, the registrar of the Peshawar High Court highlighted the importance of the conference in strengthening coordination, improving judicial administration and advancing institutional reforms within the district judiciary.

During the conference, presentations were delivered by the Member Inspection Team, Director NJPIC (National Judicial Policy Implementation Committee), Additional Member Inspection Team, Additional Registrar Administration, Director Regulations and Directors of Planning & Development and Budget & Accounts.

The participants were briefed on case flow management, digitisation of judicial processes, scanning of judicial records, performance evaluation, implementation of policy directions and strengthening of court management systems.

Special emphasis was laid on the effective use of the Case Flow Management Information System, E-Court application, timely submission of judicial data, monitoring of judicial performance and adoption of technology-based solutions for expeditious dispensation of justice.

An interactive discussion and question-answer session was also held, during which the participating judges shared their views, challenges and suggestions for improving judicial administration and public service delivery.

Published in Dawn, May 9th, 2026