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ISLAMABAD: Top jurists of the country on Monday said the only solution to clear backlog of 2.2 million cases and to provide swift and inexpensive justice to litigants was transformation to technological advancement.
Speakers at a conference organised by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) on “Technology for justice forum” urged the government as well as the stakeholders to introduce drastic measures for overhauling the otherwise obsolete judicial system as it had virtually failed to effectively redress grievances.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah spoke on the occasion.
Both the judges were of the opinion that until the transformation of the judicial system, the litigants would run from pillar to post to get justice.
Govt, stakeholders urged to introduce drastic measures to overhaul judicial system
Justice Shah recalled that in the recent past he wrote a dissenting note on the petition filed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa seeking live streaming of the hearing of his case against the presidential reference, and dissented the majority view that dismissed the petition.
Justice Shah was of the opinion that live streaming would give access to public at large to witness the judicial proceeding that ultimately restores confidence on the judicial system.
He said the traditional system had become obsolete owing to the fact that backlog in “Court House” had piled up over the years.
Justice Shah used the terminology “...
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