KARACHI:
Dozens of terrorism-related cases have been undecided and pending in the provincial judiciary for as long as eight years, the Supreme Court has been informed.
The Sindh High Court (SHC) recently shared the details with apex court, which formulates guidelines for the early disposal of criminal trials.
According to section 19(VII) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, the court must decide a case within seven days of the charges being framed.
The statistics revealed that 152 terror-related trials and 57 criminal trials have taken as long as eight years, primarily because the prosecution and the lawyers fail to implement the apex court’s national judicial policy aiming to clear the backlog of cases.
“The litigation, right from its start before the relevant anti-terrorism court till today, has consumed around eight years,” said a judicial source.
[…] KARACHI: Dozens of terrorism-related cases have been undecided and pending in the provincial judiciary for as long as eight years, the Supreme Court has been informed. The Sindh High Court (SHC) recently shared the details with apex court, which formulates guidelines for the early disposal of criminal trials. According to section 19(VII) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, the court must decide a case within seven days of the charges being framed. The statistics revealed that 152 terror-related trials and 57 criminal trials have taken as long as eight years, primarily because the prosecution and the lawyers fail to implement the apex court’s national judicial policy aiming to clear the backlog of cases. “The litigation, right from its start before the relevant anti-terrorism court till today, has consumed around eight years,” said a judicial source. …read more […]
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