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ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Wednesday met Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
In the meeting, both dignitaries discussed the issues of mutual interest relating to judicial reforms, especially in the context of curtailing delays in the current justice system so as to ensure speedy and expeditious dispensation of justice. The meeting discussed in detail different aspects to bring reforms and underlined the need to conduct workshops of experts for judicial reforms so as to get suggestions and input on different issues. The meeting also discussed the issue to take concrete measures to update laws.
The Role of Parliamentary Committee constituted under article 175 of the Constitution for the appointment of judges of the superior courts also came under discussion. The chief justice told the Senate chairman that he will soon hold a meeting with members of the parliamentary committee.
CJP all set to launch judicial reforms
Earlier, the chief justice in his address observed that parliament is not legislating on the recommendations given by the superior judiciary in the recent past. He had also said that it is the duty of parliament to make laws.
On the other hand, parliamentarians were dissatisfied with their reduced role in the appointment of superior courts judges since 2010. The Munir Bhatti case judgment has made the role of the committee ineffective, they said.
Legal experts welcomed the interaction between the two institutions heads. Previously, former chief justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali had also visited the Senate and met parliamentarians during his tenure.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) is scheduled for Thursday (today) in the Conference Room of the Supreme Court of Pakistan under the Chairmanship of Chief Justice of Pakistan and LJCP Chairman Mian Saqib Nisar, to review the implementation status of the LJCP Law Reform Reports.
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The Commission will consider law reform proposals received from high courts, judicial academies, and law officers on delay reduction, amendments in procedural laws to ensure inexpensive and expeditious dispensation of justice, strategies to clear backlog and elimination of multiplicity and overlapping of laws to ensure effective enforcement of laws.
The Commission will also examine the law reform proposals for amendments in the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973, West Pakistan Rules under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, the Divorce Act, 1869, the Drug Act, 1976, in Section 89-A of the CPC, 1908, in Section 11 of the Contract Act, 1872, Freedom of Information Ordinance, 2002, Extradition Act, 1972, Good Conduct Prisoners Probational Release Act, 1926.
The meeting will be attended by commission members including Attorney General for Pakistan Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Anwar Khan Kasi, Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice Sheikh Najamul Hassan, Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh, Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, Federal Law Secretary Karamat Hussain Niazi, National Commission on Status of Women Chairperson Khawar Mumtaz NIRC Chairman Justice (retd) Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice (retd) Jamshed Ali Shah, Justice (retd) Arif Hussain Khilji, and Advocate Riaz Ahmed.
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