ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad
Chaudhry has said people have attached great expectations from
judiciary to deliver since restoration of independent judiciary.
He
said this while addressing a full court meeting held here Wednesday.
The full court meeting was attended by Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice
Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice
Nasir-ul-Mulk, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja,
Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Tariq
Parvez, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa,
Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice
Ghulam Rabbani. Dr Faqir Hussain, Registrar Supreme Court of Pakistan
and Sajid Mehmood Qazi, Additional Registrar, Supreme Court also
attended the meeting.
Chief Justice welcomed the judges in the
meeting. The full court meeting took stock of the present pendency
position of cases at the apex Court. The Registrar informed that
disposal of cases has registered remarkable increase due to continuous
working of Judges even during the summer vacations.
Chief
Justice appreciated the commitment and devotion of all the judges for
sitting in various benches both at the principle seat and the branch
registries. He appreciated the fact that due to these efforts the
backlog of pending cases has been reduced by more than two thousand.
This figure would have been much higher had the judges were not busy in
hearing many important cases which were heard by Full Court or larger
benches over a long period of time CJP said that since the restoration
of the independent judiciary, public at large has attached great
expectations from the judiciary to deliver. Thus, it is imperative upon
both the Bar and the Bench to leave no stone unturned to ensure quick,
inexpensive and substantial justice at all levels.
The Full
Court reiterated the fact that the Supreme Court will “preserve protect
and defend constitution” and will always uphold the rule of law and
dispense justice to all without fear and favour. The full court
observed that the national salvation lies in applying the principle of
rule of law and resisting any deviation from constitution under any
circumstances.
Chief Justice and judges of the Supreme Court
acknowledged the meritorious services rendered by Justice Javed Iqbal
who is about to lay down his robes by the end of this month.
Chief
Justice observed that one reason for convening the full court meeting
was to acknowledge the contributions made by Justice Javed Iqbal as a
judge of the Apex Court and to thank him for an outstanding career
spread over many decades.
Full Court discussed the idea of
introduction of law clerkship in the Supreme Court wherein young and
outstanding law graduates may be offered an opportunity to work in the
Court. It was decided that Justice Jawwad S Khawaja will develop the
concept paper on this idea which will be shared with other judges
before final decision is taken in the next Full Court meeting. The Full
Court also concluded various other matters pertaining to office
administration for expediting disposal of cases to provide quick relief
to aggrieved persons and decide the disputes among litigant parties. Online
