Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi has stated that every one judges of the Supreme Court docket are impartial and that they shouldn’t be bracketed.
Talking to members of the Press Affiliation of the SC on Monday, the CJP stated all judges had been working in a cordial setting. “Gone are days when the judges took positions towards one another,” he added.
Commenting on the interior affairs of the SCP, the CJP stated no one desired to impose his pondering on others and the judges had been shifting ahead with collective knowledge.
The highest judges stated the media was free to criticise judges and judgments however criticism must be constructive and for a greater trigger.
All judges are impartial and none of them must be “bracketed”.
Talking in regards to the pendency of circumstances, the CJP stated that disposal of over 8,000 circumstances in a brief time frame on the Supreme Court docket is an achievement.
He stated nonetheless he felt embarrassed to listen to inmates in numerous jails are complaining in regards to the extended litigation with out conclusion however assured that the continued strategy of reforms in judicial system will cut back circumstances backlog considerably.
CJP Afridi briefed the press affiliation on his reforms’ agenda, saying that by way of the energetic use of IT, each litigant can be stored up to date about all orders and developments in his case by way of e mail and WhatsApp.
Transferring in the suitable course and thru higher case administration, we’re going to cut back the backlog considerably and shortly, the CJP stated.
The CJP added that the district judiciary works underneath the excessive courts and the Supreme Court docket doesn’t intervene of their affairs.
“I’ve nice respect for the excessive court docket and the district judiciary,” he stated.
Relating to the continued strategy of judicial reforms, the CJP stated that quickly there can be a correct mechanism for fixing of pressing petitions. Particular benches are to be constituted for tax and prison circumstances whereas free authorized support for deserving litigant can be offered on district degree.
In regards to the Supreme Judicial Fee, the CJP stated that proceedings towards a couple of judges are underway within the SJC.
He admired Justice Mansoor Ali Shah for his contribution to Different Dispute Decision (ADR) system and stated that quickly ADR can be launched in Islamabad whereas in the remainder of the nation with the passage of time.