LAHORE: There will be zero tolerance for corruption in the judiciary, Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Umar Ata Bandial said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters at the LHC, he said that a friendly liaison between reporters and judges aiming at pointing out flaws in the judicial system was needed. Asked if he would take suo motu notice of public interest cases, Bandial said that as far as the high court was concerned suo motu action was not appropriate. He said that the huge backlog of procedural litigation was a matter of concern. He said that the state’s failures forced people to approach the courts.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 3rd, 2012.
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"Bandial said that as far as the high court was concerned suo motu action was not appropriate. He said that the huge backlog of procedural litigation was a matter of concern." Looks like the new CJ of LHC is a competent and fair minded judge. He admits that there is corruption in judiciary and wants to end it. In addition he does not want to start political cases all by himself and would take care of the huge backlog of appeals in the HC. Kudos to the truly independent judge, best of luck.