"Justice" also Goes on Vacation in Pakistan

Injustice continues to give birth, but the barrenness of justice does not end. There is no closure for committing the crime but one has to go through various legal complications to get the punishment. There is no fixed time for abuse and injustice, but to shake the chains of justice, one has to wait for the courts to open and the irony is that judges need annual vacations like children. When the Crown of Great Britain used to rule here, in view of the severe weather, holidays were declared in July and August so that the judges could go to the cold regions and enjoy sightseeing. After the formation of Pakistan, independence was apparently achieved, but the traditions left by the British were kept close to the chest.

The list of such outdated and absurd traditions is very long, like addressing the judge as my lord, lawyers arguing in English, giving arguments and avoiding writing judgments of judges in Urdu. Well done to Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, who ordered the live broadcast of the Supreme Court proceedings, it was found that behind every person sitting on the Masnad Insaf, there is a well-armed servant whose only job is to start the court and At the time of dismissal, he should move the chair back and forth so that there is no difficulty. Even today, the biggest court of the country is on vacation and the bench for hearing the review appeals that were filed against the decision regarding the specific seats.

Therefore, it could not be formed so that there is no disturbance in the personal engagements and rest of the judges who have gone on vacation. This is the reason why the number of pending cases in the Supreme Court is constantly increasing and according to the latest data, at least 58 thousand cases are pending in the Supreme Court. Last week there was a very shocking revelation. According to the supplementary cause list of July 10, a three-member bench comprising Justice Jamal Khan Mandukhel, Justice Ayesha Malik and Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan was to hear 45 jail petitions.

Jail petition refers to those prisoners who have to prove their innocence. Can't afford a lawyer. A plain paper application is sent from the jail and these appeals are heard by appointing public advocates. When the hearing started, it was found that 10 of these appellants have been released from life imprisonment awaiting justice and now they have to It does not matter what the Supreme Court decides. According to the report of the English newspaper, 50 similar petitions were scheduled for hearing a month ago, then it was found that 12 petitioners have died and now these petitions have become ineffective. For example. Police inspector Raja Saqlain, who investigated the assassination attack on General Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi, who was killed in 2004. Four people were arrested and sentenced in this case.

They approached the Supreme Court against this decision. Last month, when When the Supreme Court announced the honorable acquittal of these four on the basis of weak evidence, it was found that Arshad Sati, Tahir Abbasi and Qari Younis have been able to get justice after a long wait, but the fourth prisoner, Eid Muhammad, was hanging on the gallows. While reading such news, one would be drowned in the thoughts that how will the high-ranking judges sleep?When there was a proposal to appoint an ad hoc judge, it was decided to oppose it on the basis of mere apprehension and remoteness.

If it is a matter of politics and government, it is arranged to pass the bill through manipulation, so why not bring a constitutional amendment for this most important public issue. Just as the Shariat Court has been created, the bill for the establishment of a constitutional court has been passed. It should be done. Create a four or five-member constitutional court and hand over the petitions filed to settle political and constitutional disputes to it. Free the Supreme Court from the shackles of 184. The biggest court of the country, the Supreme Court, has been turned into an arena for political battles of the elite. and that is why time is not available for hearing appeals.

You should do an official research on how much time the Supreme Court devotes to hearing cases of a political nature and how much attention is given to the cases of ordinary people. If there is a separate forum for constitutional disputes and constitutional issues and its decision is considered final, if there is no confusion of appeals in the Supreme Court, the problem of pending cases will be solved to a large extent by the establishment of the Constitutional Court. But if there is a delay in the delivery of justice even after that, instead of appointing ad hoc judges, the number of judges in the Supreme Court should be increased through constitutional amendment. Instead of two months of annual vacation like children, judges get 15 days throughout the year. There should be holidays and it should not happen that all the judges lock the courts and go out for sightseeing together.