LAHORE: Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC), Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, while addressing in a ceremony organized by the society of barristers at Avari hotel said that all members of the society should come forward and play their role in the ongoing reforms orchestrated in the LHC and district courts.
He said that it was a matter of public service and urged female barristers to visit district courts to meet female judges and learn about the ground realities.
The chief justice also apprised the members of the barrister society regarding the activities of his recent visit to England. The purpose of the ceremony was to hold an event in commemoration of his inclusion in the Lincoln Inn Society as an honorary master of the bench, as well as, the installation of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s bust Lincoln’s Inn at Library.
The ceremony was executed in three phases. In the first phase, the speakers gave a presentation on the historical background of the inns of court in England. In the second phase, a question and answer session was held in which the chief justice and judges while answering questions spoke at length about the IT enterprise system and case management system in high court, large pendency of cases in district courts, shortage of judges, and the use of ADRs and infrastructure of district courts.
In the third phase, Justice Yawar Ali addressed the participants and elaborated on the honour and achievements of the chief justice.
Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan, Justice Shahid Karim, Justice Abid Aziz Shiekh, Justice Shahram Sarwar Chaudhary and Justice Jawad Hassan were also present.
