The CJP and the government should work together for judicial reforms
CHAKWAL: After PM Imran Khan returned from his two-day leave, he conveyed a discourse in which he talked his heart out and looked quite frustrated about the way purported justice is being served to the powerful while at the same time enlarging the gap against the poor. His comments were quickly followed by a blistering reply by the CJP, where, to put it plainly, he attempted to recognise that “No institution is flawless”.
At the lower courts, judges are reluctant and even frightened to give judgment against the influential. This has left the poor in the lurch. At the point when an individual is seen to be guilty of contempt of court, it is the ideal opportunity for the concerned judge to investigate his own lead to see with respect to where things may have turned out badly at the legal end. Rebuffing or threatening somebody in this regard brings to fore an insecure man sitting in the chair of a judge. What would one be able to expect from such an individual? A court is respected or elevated not by proportion to the grandeur or impressiveness of its physical structure, orchestrated decorum or formalism of procedures but by its integrity, merciless impartiality, wisdom, insight, compassion and nature of its judgment.
The CJP and the government should work together for judicial reforms in order to dispense speedy justice to the poor as well. Indeed it is the duty of every state institution to restore public confidence.
Afaq Ayub
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2019.
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