Speaking at a meeting of the National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) in the Supreme Court’s building, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Nasirul Mulk said Saturday that the major challenge being faced by the judiciary was to tackle increasing litigation, urging the judiciary to adopt proactive approach to decide cases expeditiously.
The committee reviewed the performance of district judiciary with reference to disposal of cases.
The CJP observed that since it has been more than two years when National Judicial Policy was revised, therefore, it needs to be revisited to further improve the performance of justice system. He desired that in this regard, the chief justices of the high courts may make recommendations for consideration of NJPMC. He stressed for revisiting the strategies to make them responsive to meet the challenge of ever growing litigation.
The committee also reviewed the implementation status of its recommendations regarding allocation of additional funds to strengthen district judiciary in terms of human resource and infrastructure. The committee recommended that the process of recruitment against the sanctioned posts may be completed as early as possible.
The chief justices of AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan informed the meeting that shortage of judges and lack of proper infrastructure is adversely affecting the performance of Judiciary in AJK and requested the committee to make recommendations for strengthening the judiciary in terms of human resource and infrastructure.
After deliberations, the committee recommended to the government for allocation of funds for strengthening the judiciary of AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The committee also considered the complaints of district attorneys regarding their deficient service structure and disparity in pay and allowances and made recommendations to the provincial governments for improving their service structure.